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	Marne, battle of the - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		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 (205 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Second Battle of the Marne, 1918
		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.
		The second Marne offensive was launched on the back of an earlier push towards Paris which recaptured the
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/marne2.htm (804 words)

	Battle of the Marne - MSN Encarta
		Introduction; First Battle of the Marne; Second Battle of the Marne
		Battle of the Marne, name of two battles of World War I; the first halted German advance into northeastern France, and the second tipped the balance of power in favor of the Allied forces.
		The battles took place near the Marne River in northeastern France.
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	Battle of the Marne - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Germans, according to the plan of General Erich Ludendorff, attacked to the east and west of Reims.
		One of the centers of fiercest combat was at Château-Thierry, where the American troops won their first decisive victory.
		The German armies were forced back across the Marne.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761561939___3/Battle_of_the_Marne.html (137 words)

	Marne Battle of the - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		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...
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	World War One - The First Battle Of Marne
		Autocracy was destroyed by Foch at the second battle of the Marne, 1918.
		The first battle of the Marne was wholly a French operation.
		In that great battle the spectacular rush of General Gallieni's army defending Paris, was one of the dramatic surprises that decided the issue.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles26/world-war-one-7.shtml (2508 words)

	Henry J. Reilly. America's Part. 1927. Chapter Nine.
		July 18 the French and Americans attacked from Soissons in the north to Château-Thierry in the south, opening the second phase of the second battle of the Marne.
		The first phase was the defensive battle of July 15-17 from Château-Thierry on the west along the Marne, across it to Rheims, in front of that famous city and thence across the chalk plains of Champagne almost to the Argonne Forest.
		The battle was in two parts: the first, July 15, 16, and 17, in which the Germans attacked while the Allies were on the defensive; the second, July 18 to August 4, inclusive, during which the Allies attacked.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/America/Reilly09.html (8895 words)

	Henry J. Reilly. America's Part. 1927. Chapter Ten. Epilogue.
		The second battle of the Marne was the turning point of the war.
		Second, when Russia dropped out of the war, the transfer of the German troops from the Russian front to France gave Hindenburg the superiority of means, that is the reserves, necessary to attack.
		The second, from March 20 to July 18, was one in which the three great blows of Hindenburg and Ludendorff, planned to bring German victory, were struck.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/America/Reilly10.html (5999 words)

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		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.
		The Second Battle of the Somme (Mar. 21-Apr. 5, 1918)This battle, too, was fought at great cost: the British suffered 163,000 casualties, and the French, 77,000; German losses were almost as high as those of the Allies.
	killeenroos.com /5/WW1Bat.htm (1291 words)

	First World War.com - Primary Documents - Jean Degoutte on the Second Battle of the Marne, 9 August 1918
		The Second Battle of the Marne - which ran from 15 July to 4 August 1918 - was intended as Germany's final major attempt at breakthrough on the Western Front prior to the arrival of ever-increasing U.S. troops on the battlefield.
		Once it became clear that the Germans had not only failed in their aim to win the war in the offensive, but had in fact lost ground, a number of German commanders, including Crown Prince Wilhelm, believed the war was lost.
		Since then they have taken the most glorious part in the second battle of the Marne, rivalling the French troops in ardour and valour.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/marne2_degoutte.htm (613 words)

	Australian Military Units
		The second battle of the Marne resulted from the third major thrust of the great German offensive of 1918.
		Pressed hard by the Allies, the German withdrawal continued until 3 August, by which time the German forces were back where they had been before the start of their offensive.
		The second battle of the Marne cost the Germans over 168,000 casualties, but Allied casualties were equally high - 13,000 British and dominion, 12,000 American and 95,000 French.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/event_130.asp (156 words)

	The Battle of Amiens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		, while the Second Battle of the Marne was still underway, General Foch held a conference at Bonbon Chateau near Melun with Haig, Pétain and Pershing, at which he outlined a plan to clear three railways which were vital to lateral troop movements across the Western Front.
		A strong feature of the second part of the advance was the coordination of infantry and artillery with Cavalry units, tanks and armoured cars.
		Just before the battle, out-of-touch British CIGS Henry Wilson issued a memorandum on "British Military Policy 1918-1919", in which he suggested conserving forces for an assault to begin on 1 July 1919.
	www.1914-1918.net /bat26.htm (2040 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.
		The enemy had to battle their way through the first platoon on the river bank - then they took on the second platoon on the forward edge of the railway where we had a thousand times the best of it - but the [Germans] gradually wiped it out.
		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)

	ebooks e-books electronic books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The second major battle close to the River Marne took place during the summer of 1918.
		The German attack on the Marne was launched by General Erich von Ludendorff on 15th July.
		Allied casualties during the 2nd Battle of the Marne were heavy: French (95,000), British Empire (13,000) and United States (12,000).
	www.ozebook.com /ozebook/marne.htm (380 words)

	first battle of the marne, second battle of the marne
		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 began with a German attack (under General Erich Ludendorff) on two sides of Reims.
	www.worldwar1-history.com /Battles-of-the-Marne-.aspx (347 words)

	::The First Battle of the Marne:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The First Battle of the Marne was fought in September 1914.
		By September 12th, the end of the Battle of the Marne, the war of movement seen since August 1914 had gone and the trench warfare associated with World War One had come into being.
		The Battle of the Marne was very costly in terms of casualties.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /first_battle_of_the_marne.htm (713 words)

	Second Battle of the Marne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Second Battle of the Marne, or Battle of Reims, was a major World War I battle fought from July 15 to August 5, 1918, near the Marne River.
		The battle began on July 15 when 23 German divisions of the First and Third armies, led by Mudra and Einem, assaulted the French Fourth Army under General Gouraud east of Reims.
		The disastrous German defeat led to the cancellation of Ludendorff's planned invasion of Flanders and was the first step in a series of Allied victories that ended the war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Marne (447 words)

	Second Battle of the Marne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Second Battle of the Marne was a World War I Battle fought from July 15 to July 18, 1918, near the Marne River.
		The Battle began with a German attack (under General Erich Ludendorff) on two sides of Reims.
		On one side little advance was made, and on the other side the Germans succeeded in crossing the Marne River, but nothing else.
	second-battle-of-the-marne.iqnaut.net (121 words)

	World War I
		Ardennes: (1) Battle of the Ardennes, 1914, (2) Battle of the Frontiers - Lorraine and Ardennes
		Marne, Second Battle of (July, 1918): (1) Second Battle of the Marne, (2) Second Battle of the
		Marne from the Doughboy Center, (3) 2nd Battle of Marne from Spartacus Educational, (4) Second Battle of the Marne, 1918 from First World War
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	McAlexander Collection description
		In 1920 he was promoted from Colonel to Brigadier General in part because of his leadership at the Battle of the Marne in July 1918.
		Included was a drawing and several maps of the Battle of the Marne, several published military histories, various citations and certificates, and McAlexander's West Point account ledger folio.
		In July 1918, Colonel McAlexander commanded the greatly outnumbered 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment against German forces at the second Battle of the Marne, for which he was promoted to Brigadier General, awarded many military honors, and became known as the "Rock of the Marne".
	osulibrary.oregonstate.edu /archives/archive/mss/mcalexander_des.html (714 words)

	First World War.com - Primary Documents - General Gouraud on the Second Battle of the Marne, 16 July 1918
		Primary Documents: General Gouraud on the Second Battle of the Marne, 16 July 1918
		Reproduced below is French General Henri Gouraud's appeal to his forces at the onset of the battle.
		You all feel that a defensive battle was never engaged in under more favourable conditions.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/marne2_gouraud.htm (540 words)

	The Cross and Flag - World War I Experiences - George Whitefield Ridout
		The battle which may be known as "The Battle of Chateau Thierry," or otherwise spoken of as the "The Second Battle of the Marne," began Sunday midnight, July 14.
		I visited, some months ago, the spot where in 1914, at the first Battle of the Marne, General Foch, in a superb piece of strategy, broke the backbone of the German invasion of that time.
		Again we seem to hear those words voiced by the Marne, "They shall not pass." We hear it as it is echoed and re-echoed by over a million American soldiers in France, "They shall not pass." We hear it as.
	www.raptureready.com /resource/ridout/cf11.html (1318 words)

	ChAteau Thierry: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		The town was the focal point of the second battle of the Marne (1918), which ended the last German offensive of World War I. An imposing monument to the U.S. soldiers who fought in the battle is just outside the town.
		The Battle for the Chagos Archipelago: Mauritius Is Preparing to Go to the International Court of Justice to Re-claim Its Sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago.
		The town was the focal point of the second...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/chateau_thierry.jsp (1300 words)

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		Today, with retirement looming, a second home means a place to go when I'm done here, and I haven't begun to figure out the best place to spend the rest of my life.
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	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Walker was sent overseas, and in 1918 he was in the second battle of the Marne; for exceptional gallantry in combat he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
		After the war he was assigned as an instructor at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; he was commandant of Shattuck School in Faribault, Minnesota, from 1927 to 1932, and graduated in 1933 from the Army War College in Washington, D.C., where he served as instructor from 1934 to 1937.
		He commanded the division through the battles of the Rapido River, Cassino, and Mt. Artemisio on the drive north through Rome and beyond; all were successful except the battle at the Rapido River, an attempt which General Walker advised against because of insuperable odds, and this failure resulted in heavy casualties for the division.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/WW/fwa17.html (759 words)

	My Way News - WWI Soldier Buried at Arlington Cemetery
		His unit fought as part of a joint French-American attack on German forces near Soissons, in what became known as the Second Battle of the Marne.
		Of the 1st Infantry Division's 12,228 infantry officers and enlisted soldiers who fought in the Second Battle of the Marne, all but 3,923 were killed, wounded, taken prisoner or listed as missing, according to the Pentagon.
		Lupo's name was memorialized on the list of missing soldiers inscribed on the walls of the memorial chapel at the Aisne-Marne American Military Cemetery near the village of Belleau, not far from where he was killed.
	apnews.myway.com /article/20060926/D8KCPUJG1.html (628 words)

	ww1battles
		The Battle of Tannenberg by Paul von Hindenburg, August 1914 : Summary of the Battle of Tannenberg by Paul von Hindenburg - PRIMARY SOURCE
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		Battle of the Falklands : Includes diary excerpt from the captain of HMS Kent plus links to WWI Maritime War page.
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		Medical Diaries and Biographies includes accounts of Flanders, the Battles of the Somme and Passchendaele, German South West Africa, the American Red Cross in Siberia, the Imperial Russian Army Medical Corps and on board the HMS Carnarvon, during WW1.
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