The Battle of the Marne

About this eBook

Author

Perris, G. H. (George Herbert), 1866-1920

Credits

Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

Marne, 1st Battle of the, France, 1914

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55221

Release Date

July 29, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS — NOTES AND REFERENCES
4. 4.LIST OF MAPS
5. 5.THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE — CHAPTER I THE DELUGE
6. 6.CHAPTER II A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS — I. The German Plan of Campaign — II. The Forces in Play — III. The French War Doctrine — IV. The Three French Offensives — V. The Battle of Charleroi–Mons
7. 7.CHAPTER III JOFFRE STARTS AFRESH — I. Ecce Homo! — II. The Second New Plan — III. Battle of the Gap of Charmes — IV. Battles of Le Cateau, Guise, and Launois — V. End of the Long Retreat
8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE GREAT DILEMMA, PARIS–VERDUN — I. The Government leaves the Capital — II. Kluck plunges South-Eastward — III. Joffre’s Opportunity
9. 9.CHAPTER V THE ORDER OF BATTLE — I. Gallieni’s Initiative — II. General Offensive of the Allies — STRENGTH AND POSITION OF THE ARMIES — III. Features of the Battlefield — IV. The Last Summons
10. 10.CHAPTER VI BATTLE OF THE OURCQ — I. A Premature Engagement — II. The British Manœuvre — III. A Race of Reinforcements — IV. The Paris Taxi-Cabs
11. 11.CHAPTER VII THE “EFFECT OF SUCTION” — I. French and d’Espérey strike North — II. Battle of the Marshes of St. Gond — III. Defence and Recapture of Mondemont — IV. Foch’s Centre broken — V. Fable and Fact of a bold Manœuvre
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII FROM VITRY TO VERDUN — I. The Battle of Vitry-le-François — II. Sarrail Holds the Meuse Salient
13. 13.CHAPTER IX VICTORY
14. 14.CHAPTER X THE DEFENCE OF THE EAST
15. 15.CHAPTER XI SUMMING-UP
16. 16.NOTES AND REFERENCES — THE GERMAN OBJECTIVE — THE OPPOSED FORCES — DE BLOCH’S PROPHECY AND FRENCH’S CONFESSION — CRITICISMS AND DEFENCE OF THE FRENCH STAFF — THE SURPRISE IN THE NORTH — THE ABANDONMENT OF LILLE — M. HANOTAUX AND THE B.E.F. — THE FALL OF MAUBEUGE — PARIS AND THE GERMAN PLAN — SOME BOOKS ON THE BATTLE — GENERAL BONNAL AND THE BRITISH ARMY — SCENES AT FARTHEST SOUTH — THE MYTH OF THE 42ND DIVISION
17. 17.INDEX
18. 18.Transcriber’s Notes

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