Order of battle of the First Battle of the Marne

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The following units of the British, French[1] and German[2][3] Empires fought in the First Battle of the Marne from 5–12 September 1914 on the Western Front of World War I.

Comparative relevant military ranks[edit]

British Army French Army German Army
Captain Capitaine Hauptmann / Rittmeister[4]
Major Commandant Major
Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Oberstleutnant
Colonel Colonel Oberst
Brigadier-General Général de Brigade Generalmajor
Major-General Général de Division Generalleutnant
Lieutenant-General Général de Corps d’Armée General der Infanterie / der Kavallerie / der Artillerie
General Général d’Armée Generaloberst
Field Marshal Maréchal de France Feldmarschall

British Expeditionary Force[edit]

John French

I Corps[edit]

II Corps[edit]

III Corps[edit]

1st Cavalry Division[edit]

Army Troops[edit]

French Armies[edit]

Joseph Joffre

Fifth Army[edit]

I Corps[edit]

III Corps[edit]

X Corps[edit]

  • Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Gilbert Defforges
  • 19th Infantry Division - Général de Division Henry Bailly
  • 20th Infantry Division - Général de Division Martial Adolphe Rogerie
  • 51st Reserve Division - Général de Division René Boutegourd
French 5th Army at the Battle of the Marne 28-29 August 1914[5]

XVIII Corps[edit]

  • Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Louis de Maud'huy
  • 35th Infantry Division - Général Francois Marjoulet
  • 36th Infantry Division - Général Théophile Jouannic
  • 38th Infantry Division - Général de Division Paul Muteau

IV Reserve Division Group[edit]

Conneau Cavalry Corps[edit]

  • Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Louis Conneau
  • 4th Cavalry Division General Pierre Abonneau
  • 8th Cavalry Division - Général de Brigade Albert Baratier
  • 10th Cavalry Division - Général de Brigade Camille Barthélémy Grellet

Sixth Army[edit]

  • Commanding General - Général d’Armée Joseph Maunoury
  • Military Governor of Paris - Général d’Armée Joseph Gallieni
  • Chief of Staff - Général Guillemin

IV Corps[edit]

VII Corps[edit]

  • Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Frederic E. Vautier
  • 14th Infantry Division - Général de Division Étienne de Villaret
  • 63rd Reserve Division - Général de Division Georges Gustave Lombard

V Reserve Division Group[edit]

  • Commanding General - Général de Division Henri J.A.B. de Lamaze
  • 55th Reserve Division - Général Loius Leguay
  • 56th Reserve Division - Général de Brigade Théodore de Dartein

VI Reserve Division Group[edit]

Cavalry Corps Sordet/Bridoux[edit]

  • Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée André Sordet
  • Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Marie E. Bridoux (assumed command on September 8)
  • 1st Cavalry Division
  • 3rd Cavalry Division
  • 5th Cavalry Division

45th Infantry Division[edit]

Ninth Army[edit]

  • Commanding General - Général d’Armée Ferdinand Foch
  • Chief of Staff - Lieutenant-Colonel Weygand

IX Corps[edit]

  • General Commanding - Général de Corps d’Armée Pierre Joseph Dubois
  • 17th Infantry Division - Général de Division Noël Jean-Baptiste Dumas
  • 18th Infantry Division - Général Justinien Lefèvre
  • Moroccan Division - Général de Division Georges Louis Humbert
  • 52nd Reserve Division - Général de Division Hyacinthe C.J. Coquet, Général de Brigade Jules A.W.L. Battesti (assumed command on September 6)

XI Corps[edit]

XXI Corps[edit]

  • General Commanding - Général de Corps d’Armée Émile E. Legrand-Girarde
  • 13th Infantry Division - Général de Brigade Louis H.A. Baquet
  • 43rd Infantry Division - Général de Division Pierre E. Lanquetot

9th Cavalry Division[edit]

  • Commanding Officer - Général Jean de l'Espée

42nd Infantry Division[edit]

German Armies[edit]

Helmuth von Moltke

First Army[edit]

II Corps[edit]

III Corps[edit]

IV Corps[edit]

IX Corps[edit]

IV Reserve Corps[edit]

II Cavalry Corps[edit]

Second Army[edit]

  • Commanding General - Generaloberst Karl von Bülow
  • Chief of Staff - Generalleutnant Ernst Otto von Lauenstein
German Army at the Marne 28-29 August 1914[6]

Guards Corps[edit]

VII Corps[edit]

X Corps[edit]

X Reserve Corps[edit]

I Cavalry Corps[edit]

Third Army[edit]

XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps[edit]

  • Commanding General - General der Infanterie Karl d'Elsa
  • Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant von Eulitz
  • 23rd Infantry Division
    • 45th Brigade
      • 100th Life-Grenadiers
      • 101st Grenadiers
    • 46th Brigade
      • 108th Schützen
      • 182nd Infantry
    • 23rd Field Artillery Brigade
      • 12th Field Artillery
      • 48th Field Artillery
    • 20th Hussars
    • 1st Company, 12th Pioneer Btln.
  • 32nd Infantry Division
    • 63rd Brigade
      • 102nd Infantry
      • 103rd Infantry
      • 12th Jäger Btln.
    • 64th Brigade
      • 177th Infantry
      • 178th Infantry
    • 32nd Field Artillery Brigade
      • 28th Field Artillery
      • 64th Field Artillery
    • 18th Hussars
    • 2nd Company, 12th Pioneer Btln.
    • 3rd Company, 12th Pioneer Btln.
  • 1st Btln., 19th Field Artillery
  • 29th Aviation Detachment

XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps[edit]

  • Commanding General - General der Kavallerie Maximilian von Laffert
  • Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Frotscher
  • 24th Infantry Division
    • 47th Brigade
      • 139th Infantry
      • 179th Infantry
      • 13th Jäger Btln.
    • 48th Brigade
      • 106th Infantry
      • 107th Infantry
    • 24th Field Artillery Brigade
      • 76th Field Artillery
      • 77th Field Artillery
    • 18th Uhlans
    • 1st Company, 22nd Pioneer Btln.
  • 40th Infantry Division
    • 88th Brigade
      • 104th Infantry
      • 181st Infantry
    • 89th Brigade
      • 133rd Infantry
      • 134th Infantry
    • 40th Field Artillery Brigade
      • 32nd Field Artillery
      • 68th Field Artillery
    • 19th Hussars
    • 2nd Company, 22nd Pioneer Btln.
    • 3rd Company, 22nd Pioneer Btln.
  • 2nd Btln., 19th Field Artillery
  • 24th Aviation Detachment

XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps[edit]

  • Commanding General - General der Artillerie Hans von Kirchbach
  • Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant von Koppenfels
  • 23rd Reserve Division
    • 45th Reserve Brigade
      • 100th Reserve Infantry
      • 101st Reserve Infantry
      • 12th Reserve Jäger Btln.
    • 46th Reserve Brigade
      • 102nd Reserve Infantry
      • 103rd Reserve Infantry
    • 23rd Reserve Field Artillery
    • Saxon Reserve Hussars
    • 4th Company, 12th Reserve Pioneer Btln.
  • 24th Reserve Division
    • 47th Reserve Brigade
      • 104th Reserve Infantry
      • 106th Reserve Infantry
      • 13th Reserve Jäger Btln.
    • 48th Reserve Brigade
      • 107th Reserve Infantry
      • 133rd Reserve Infantry
    • 24th Reserve Field Artillery
    • Saxon Reserve Uhlans
    • 1st Company, 12th Reserve Pioneer Btln.
    • 2nd Company, 12th Reserve Pioneer Btln.

Army Troops[edit]

  • 3rd (Mortar) Btln., 19th Field Artillery
  • 23rd Pioneers
  • 22nd Aviation Detachment
  • 47th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
    • 104th Landwehr Infantry
    • 106th Landwehr Infantry
    • 2nd Landwehr Cavalry Squadron
    • Landwehr Artillery Battery

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE FRENCH ARMY, AUGUST 1914". Orbat.com. 2001-08-12. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
  2. ^ "German Army Corps 1914". 2003. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
  3. ^ "The Prussian Machine - German Army 1914-18".
  4. ^ for cavalry and aviation
  5. ^ Nafziger, George. "French Forces Battle of the Marne August 28-29 1914" (PDF). U.S. Army Combined Arms Research Library.
  6. ^ Nafziger, George. "German Forces Battle of the Marne 28-29 August 1914" (PDF). U.S. Army Combined Arms Research Library. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

Sources[edit]

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  • Cassar, George. Kitchener's War: British Strategy from 1914 to 1916. Brassey's Inc. Washington 2004. ISBN 1-57488-708-4
  • Evans, M. M. (2004). Battles of World War I. Select Editions. ISBN 1-84193-226-4.
  • Isselin, Henri. The Battle of the Marne. London: Elek Books, 1965. (Translation of La Bataille de la Marne, published by Editions B. Arthaud, 1964.)
  • Michelin Guide The Marne Battle-Fields (1914) 1925
  • Perris, George Herbert. The Battle of the Marne. London: Methuen, 1920.
  • Porch, Douglas. The March to the Marne: The French Army, 1870–1914 (Cambridge, 1981 / 2003).
  • Tuchman, Barbara. The Guns of August. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962.
  • von Hausen, Max. Erinnerungen an den Marnefeldzug 1914. (Translation: "Reminiscences of the Marne Campaign 1914") Dresden: K.F. Koehler, 1920.
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