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	First Battle of the Marne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The First Battle of the Marne (also known as the Miracle of the Marne) was a World War I battle fought from September 5 to September 12, 1914.
		The battle of the Marne was a major turning point of World War I. By the end of August 1914, the whole Allied army on the Western Front had been forced into a general retreat back towards Paris.
		One of the taxi cabs of the Marne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Marne (934 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The First Battle of the Marne, 1914
		The First Battle of the Marne was conducted between 6-12 September 1914, with the outcome bringing to an end the war of movement that had dominated the First World War since the beginning of August.
		With victory seemingly near, Alexander von Kluck's German First Army was instructed to encircle Paris from the east.
		In a strategic triumph at the First Battle of the Marne, which ended on 10 September, the French forces - assisted by the British - had succeeded in throwing back the German offensive, recapturing lost ground in the process.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/marne1.htm (774 words)

	World War One - New Methods And Horrors Of Warfare
		The first battle of the Marne was almost wholly open warfare; so also were the battles of the Masurian Lakes, Allenstein, and Dunojec in the eastern theater of war, and most of the warfare on the Italian front between the Piave River and Gorizia.
		The first use of asphyxiating gas was by the Germans during the first battle of Ypres.
		First, there is the explosion when the shell leaves the gun; then there is the peculiar rattling noise like the passing of a railway train when the shells pass overhead; then there is the explosion at point of contact, a terrific concussion which produces the.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles26/world-war-one-10.shtml (4001 words)

	World War One - The First Battle Of Marne
		The first battle of the Marne was wholly a French operation.
		The First German army, carrying audacity to temerity, had continued its endeavor to envelop the French left, had crossed the Grand Morin, and reached the region of Chauffry, to the south of Rebais and of Esternay.
		The first had retreated, on August 29th to September 5th, from the Aisne to the north of the Marne and occupied the general, front Sezanne-Mailly.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles26/world-war-one-7.shtml (2508 words)

	World War One Battles
		The Battle of Charleroi, one of the Battles of the Frontiers, was one of the key battles on the Western Front in 1914, and one of the early major German victories.
		The Battle of Le Cateau was essentially a rearguard action fought by the British in late August 1914, during the general Allied retreat along the Western Front in the face of sustained German successes at the four Battles of the Frontiers.
		The First Battle of the Masurian Lakes was the second defeat of the war for Russian army by the Germans, with he first being the defeat sufferred at Tannenberg in late August.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/WW1_Battles1.htm (15644 words)

	First World War.com - Primary Documents - Sir John French on the First Battle of the Marne, September 1914
		Joffre on September 5th announced to me his intention of wheeling up the left flank of the Sixth Army, pivoting on the Marne and directing it to move on the Ourcq; cross and attack the flank of the First German Army, which was then moving in a southeasterly direction east of that river.
		On September 9th the First and Second Army Corps forced the passage of the Marne and advanced some miles to the north of it.
		As the First and Second German Armies were now in full retreat, this evening marks the end of the battle which practically commenced on the morning of the 6th inst.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/marne_french.htm (951 words)

	Marne, battle of the - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		MARNE, BATTLE OF THE [Marne, battle of the] two important battles of World War I that are named for the Marne River.
		In the first battle (Sept. 6-9, 1914) the German advance on Paris was halted at the Marne by the Allies under Joffre, Gallieni, and Sir John French.
		In the second battle (July, 1918) the last great German offensive was decisively repulsed by the Allies.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-marne-ba.html (221 words)

	first battle of the marne, second battle of the marne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The First Battle of the Marne was a turning point in the First World War.
		In the aftermath of the First Battle of the Marne both sides dug in, and four years of stalemate ensued.
		The Second Battle of the Marne, was a World War I battle fought from July 15 to July 18, 1918 near the Marne River.
	www.worldwar1-history.com /Battles-of-the-Marne-.aspx (347 words)

	Marne Battle of the - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Marne, Battle of the, name of two battles of World War I: the first halted the German advance into north-eastern France, and the second tipped the...
		This report from The Times on September 12, 1914, describes the first Battle of the Marne.
		Château-Thierry, Battle of, part of the Second Battle of the Marne, in World War I. It is notable in American history as the first victorious action...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Marne_Battle_of_the.html (137 words)

	First Battle of the Marne
		The First Battle of the Marne marked the end of the German sweep into France and the beginning of the trench warfare that was to characterise World War 1.
		The counterattack of the French 5th and 6th Armies and the BEF developed into the First Battle of the Marne, a general counter-attack by the French Army.
		In saving Paris from capture by pushing the Germans back some 72km (45 miles), the First Battle of the Marne was a great strategic victory, as it enabled the French to continue the war.
	www.world-wars.org /worldwar1/pages/battleofthemarne/12.html (495 words)

	Wikinfo \| First Battle of the Marne
		The First Battle of the Marne was a World War I battle fought September 5 - 9, 1914.
		The battle was a turning point in the war.
		In the aftermath of the battle, both sides dug in, and four years of stalemate ensued.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=First_Battle_of_Marne (256 words)

	Big Battle Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		For the first Big Battle we settled on the action (The Marne September 7 1914) and finalised the table sizes (12x5 for the action on the Ourcq and 6x5 for the BEF on the Petit Morin).
		This battle is interesting as the first use of gas in an attack by the British Army and for the relative success of the attack.
		It is also the first use of a type of 'creeping barrage', one of the modern artillery tactics first developed in the Great War.
	pages.zdnet.com /sfclarke/id8.html (414 words)

	First battle of the Marne, 5-10 September 1914 (France)
		First Battle of the Marne, 5-10 September 1914 (France)
		General Kluck, in command of the German First Army, thought that he had knocked the BEF out of the war, and that the French troops he encountered on his right were merely scattered survivors.
		The Battle of the Marne ended any chance of a quick German victory; gained Joffre a reputation as the saviour of France, and saw Moltke replaced by Falkenhayn as chief of the German General Staff.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_marne1st.html (510 words)

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		Battle of the Marne (Sept. 5-10, 1914) First Battle of the Marne
		Battle of Verdun (Feb. 21-Nov. 26, 1916)Battle of Verdun, an unsuccessful German effort to take the offensive in the west, was one of the longest and bloodiest encounters of the war.
		Battle of Gallipoli The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 was an Allied attempt to knock Ottoman Turkey out of WORLD WAR I and reopen a supply route to Russia Estimates of Allied casualties for the entire campaign are about 252,000, with the Turks suffering almost as many casualties--an estimated 251,000.
	killeenroos.com /5/WW1Bat.htm (1291 words)

	The Battle of the Marne
		Tactically the battle was not fought to a finish, as the German units recovered from the initial shock of the Allied attack to begin an orderly retreat.
		The BEF received its first reinforcements, replacing losses to date, and was also joined by the 6th Division.
		The defeat of the German Army on the Marne was decisive.
	www.1914-1918.net /bat3.htm (681 words)

	Western Front Association Contributed Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Following the Allied defeats in the Battle of the Frontiers, 14 -25 August 1914, the five German armies at the centre and right continued their advance, entering France on a line from Amiens to Verdun.
		The Germans moved south-east across the Marne on 4 September, only a day behind the Allies; on the fifth Kluck was directly east of Paris moving towards the Seine.
		The Battle of the Marne, one of the decisive engagements of history, ended all hopes of a quick German victory.
	www.westernfront.co.uk /thegreatwar/articles/timeline/marne1.htm (899 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Second Battle of the Marne, 1918
		After it became clear that the Germans had not only failed in their aim to win the war in this offensive, but had in fact lost ground, a number of German commanders, including Crown Prince Wilhelm, believed the war was lost.
		The battle took place over the course of 15 July-5 August 1918, in the final year of the war.
		To that end he determined to lure Allied forces from Belgium to the Marne in a huge diversionary attack, preparatory to a renewed offensive further north.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/marne2.htm (804 words)

	The Western Front — 1914 - 1918
		The failure of the Guards at the First Battle of Ypres marked the beginning of a major reassessment of battlefield tactics by the Germans.
		This series of battles, one of the greatest slaughters in history until that time, did not achieve Falkenhayn's goals, because his men, who had been trained to attack, continued attacking against all odds in the mistaken belief that their efforts would be followed up.
		During the first six weeks of fighting, the Allies lost 350,000 casualties, but more troops were rushed in from across the channel, and American units began arriving for the first time.
	www.richthofen.com /ww1sum (3196 words)

	Henry J. Reilly. America's Part. 1927. Chapter Ten. Epilogue.
		The second battle of the Marne was the turning point of the war.
		The first was the period in which the Allies waited for Hindenburg and Ludendorff to begin their offensive.
		Thus, for the first time he had the superiority of means, essential to permit him to make an attack of the kind which he had so clearly envisioned for many months as essential if the Germans were to be stopped.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/America/Reilly10.html (5999 words)

	The Second Battle of the Marne
		The Second Battle of the Marne marked the turning of the tide in World War I. It began with the last German offensive of the conflict and was quickly followed by the first allied offensive victory of 1918.
		In the first days of July, 1918, it became apparent that the Germans would be unable to launch more than one other great attack, and towards the 10th of the month it was believed certain that if the enemy attacked the blow would fall in Champagne.
		Even as the Second Battle of the Marne was winding down the AEF had begun its first major offensive as an independent force at St. Mihiel.
	www.worldwar1.com /dbc/2marne.htm (3464 words)

	August 1914 Chronology - Introduction
		Belgium was the first surprise, resisting the German invasion with unexpected determination at Liège, and inflicting a small but important delay on the Schlieffen Plan.
		These first battles were the Germans’ best chance of a really decisive victory, all the more so since the French commander Joffre stubbornly refused to abandon Plan 17 and withdraw his armies.
		In the First Battle of the Marne on Sep.05-10, the Allies finally stopped the German invasion, but the victory was even less decisive than the Battle of the Frontiers.
	cnparm.home.texas.net /Wars/Marne/Marne00.htm (606 words)

	Albert Camus
		His father was fatally wounded at the first battle of the Marne in World War I, when Camus was less than a year old.
		In 1930 Camus suffered his first attack of tuberculosis, which was to plague him throughout his life.
		He studied literature and philosophy at the University of Algiers, where he was briefly involved with the Communist Party; his lifelong involvement in the theater began with his work as actor and director for the Workers' Theater.
	www.randomhouse.com /vintage/read/firstman/camus.html (392 words)

	WWW-VL: Military History: WWI History: The Great War: First World War: World War One: WW1
		First Battle of the Marne: 6-10 September 1914
		The Voyage of HMS Carnarvon, 1914-1915; Battle of the Falklands December 1914.
		From the start of the First World War, CEF units were required to maintain a daily account of their "Actions in the Field." This log was called a War Diary.
	vlib.iue.it /history/mil/ww1.html (956 words)

	This Month in History, Department of History, Washington State University
		Battle of Actium, 31 B.C. Japan surrenders, 1945.
		Battle of Marathon, 490 B.C. John Sobieski, King of Poland, defeats Turks at Vienna, 1683.
		Battle of Quebec began (death of James Wolfe and Louis Joseph de Montcalm), 1759.
	libarts.wsu.edu /history/this-month/september.html (142 words)

	Timeline
		The Russians defeated the Austrians in the Battles of Lemberg.
		Germany failed to reach the English channel in the first Battle of Ypres.
		The British fleet fought the German fleet in the Battle of Jutland.
	www.geocities.com /SouthBeach/Palms/2460/time.Html (163 words)

	World War I
		Ardennes: (1) Battle of the Ardennes, 1914, (2) Battle of the Frontiers - Lorraine and Ardennes
		Marne, First Battle of (September 1914): (1) First Battle of the Marne from Spartacus
		Marne from the Doughboy Center, (3) 2nd Battle of Marne from Spartacus Educational, (4) Second Battle of the Marne, 1918 from First World War
	www.42explore2.com /ww1battles.htm (1826 words)

	Talk:First Battle of the Marne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The First Battle of the Marne was the desperate Allied attempt to keep the Germans from reaching Paris.
		First Marne was unquestionably an Allied victory, and a very important one.
		The BEF was not retreating in the first part of the war, it was routed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:First_Battle_of_the_Marne (1256 words)

	First Marne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		His first order of business was to organize the French and British armies to counter the weight of the German advance.
		The battle opened on September 5, in the middle of the afternoon.
		On the 10th of September, the battle of the Marne was officially over and the race to the sea had begun.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/2354/marne.html (409 words)

	The Great War . Maps & Battles . The Outbreak of War \| PBS
		For Germany it was one of the greatest victories of the war: one third of the Russian troops were either killed or captured; the rest ran for their lives in a disorganized retreat.
		In early September, the first Battle of the Marne took place, with over two million men participating.
		Immediately following the first Battle of the Marne, both sides tried to out-flank one another in an effort to swing around the other's defensives.
	www.pbs.org /greatwar/maps/maps_outbreak.html (523 words)

	First Battle of the Marne
		On the left, the first line of the 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps reached the trench, but their supports were unable to get up, owing to machine-gun fire on their flanks.
		Because of his action in battle, he was recommended for the Military Medal and was given the ribbon while still in hospital.
		And in 1916 the 2nd Div involved in 2 battles and utilize the 1/KRR in one.
	www.answers.net.nz /Other/W2.htm (6163 words)

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