The Battle of the Marne

CONTENTS

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Preface			v
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 Manoeuvre	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 Manoeuvre	160
VIII.	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). Clyx.com