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The Battle of the Marne

Chapter 3: NOTES AND REFERENCES
By G. H. Perris
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A detailed account and analysis of the 1914 western campaign that reconstructs troop movements, strategic plans, and critical decisions leading to the Allied counterstroke that halted the German advance. It traces competing doctrines and operational errors, assesses the distribution and quality of forces, and follows the retreat, the concentration of reserves around the capital, and the counteroffensive across the Marne sector. The narrative combines battlefield description, maps, and contemporary memoirs to evaluate the roles of key commanders, logistical and command factors, contested explanations of success and failure, and concludes with a measured summing-up and documentary notes.

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CHAP.
I. The Deluge 1
II. A Tragedy of Errors—
  i. The German Plan of Campaign 10
  ii. The Forces in Play 14
  iii. The French War Doctrine 20
  iv. The Three French Offensives 28
  v. The Battle of Charleroi-Mons 34
III. Joffre Starts Afresh—
  i. Ecce Homo! 46
  ii. The Second New Plan 54
  iii. Battle of the Gap of Charmes 61
  iv. Battles of Le Cateau, Guise, and Launois 64
  v. End of the Long Retreat 71
IV. The Great Dilemma, Paris–Verdun—
  i. The Government leaves the Capital 76
  ii. Kluck plunges South-Eastward 79
  iii. Joffre’s Opportunity 84
V. The Order of Battle—
  i. Gallieni’s Initiative 92
  ii. General Offensive of the Allies 95
    Strength and Position of the Armies 97
  iii. Features of the Battlefield 106
  iv. The Last Summons 110
VI. Battle of the Ourcq—
  i. A Premature Engagement 113
  ii. The British Manœuvre 118
  iii. A Race of Reinforcements 126
  iv. The Paris Taxi-Cabs 129
VII. The “Effect of Suction”—
  i. French and d’Espérey strike North 135
  ii. Battle of the Marshes of St. Gond 142
  iii. Defence and Recapture of Mondemont 148
  iv. Foch’s Centre broken 155
  v. Fable and Fact of a Bold Manœuvre 160
VIII. From Vitry to Verdun—
  i. The Battle of Vitry-le-François 169
  ii. Sarrail holds the Meuse Salient 175
IX. Victory 184
X. The Defence of the East 197
XI. Summing-up 214
  Index 271

NOTES AND REFERENCES

The German Objective (p. 239); The Opposed Forces (p. 240); De Bloch’s Prophecy and French’s Confession (p. 242); Criticisms and Defence of the French Staff (p. 244); The Surprise in the North (p. 247); The Abandonment of Lille (p. 252); M. Hanotaux and the B.E.F. (p. 252); The Fall of Maubeuge (p. 256); Paris and the German Plan (p. 259); Some Books on the Battle (p. 263); General Bonnal and the British Army (p. 265); Scenes at Farthest South (p. 266); The Myth of the 42nd Division (p. 268).