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The following units of the British, French and German 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

British Expeditionary Force

Commander-in-Chief of the BEF: Field-Marshal Sir John French

Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Murray

Deputy Chief of Staff: Major-General Sir Henry Wilson

Adjutant-General: Major-General Sir Nevil Macready

Quartermaster-General: Major-General Sir William Robertson

Deputy Adjutant-General: Major-General E. R. C. Graham

Commander, Royal Artillery: Major-General W. F. L. Lindsay

Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General G. H. Fowke

Assistant Adjutant-General: Colonel A. E. J. Cavendish

Assistant Quartermaster-General: Colonel C. T. Dawkins

Operations Officer: Colonel G. M. Harper

Intelligence Officer: Colonel G. M. W. Macdonogh

I Corps

Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig

Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General J. E. Gough
Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General H. S. Horne
Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General S. R. Rice

1st Division

Major-General S. H. Lomax

1st (Guards) Brigade (Brigadier-General F. I. Maxse)

1st Coldstream Guards

1st Scots Guards

1st The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

2nd The Royal Munster Fusiliers

2nd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General E. S. Bulfin)

2nd The Royal Sussex Regiment

1st The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

1st The Northamptonshire Regiment

2nd The King's Royal Rifle Corps

3rd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. J. S. Landon)

1st The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

1st The South Wales Borderers

1st The Gloucestershire Regiment

2nd The Welch Regiment

Artillery (Brigadier-General N. D. Findlay)

XXV Brigade RFA

XXVI Brigade RFA

XXXIX Brigade RFA

XLIII (Howitzer) Brigade RFA

26th Heavy Battery, RGA

A Squadron, 15th (The King's) Hussars

23rd Field Company, RE

26th Field Company, RE

2nd Division

Major-General C. C. Monro

4th (Guards) Brigade (Brigadier-General Robert Scott-Kerr)

2nd Grenadier Guards

2nd Coldstream Guards

3rd Coldstream Guards

1st Irish Guards

5th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General Richard Haking)

2nd The Worcestershire Regiment

2nd The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

2nd The Highland Light Infantry

2nd The Connaught Rangers

6th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General R. H. Davies)

1st The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

2nd The South Staffordshire Regiment

1st Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

1st The King's Royal Rifle Corps

Artillery (Brigadier-General E. M. Perceval)

XXXIV Brigade RFA

XXXVI Brigade RFA

XLI Brigade RFA

XLIV (Howitzer) Brigade RFA

35th Heavy Battery, RGA

B Squadron, 15th (The King's) Hussars

5th Field Company, RE

11th Field Company, RE

II Corps

Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien

Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General George Forestier-Walker
Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General A. H. Short
Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General A. E. Sandbach

3rd Division

Major-General Hubert I. W. Hamilton

7th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General F. W. N. McCracken)

3rd The Worcestershire Regiment

2nd The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)

1st The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)

2nd The Royal Irish Rifles

8th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General B. J. C. Doran)

2nd The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

2nd The Royal Irish Regiment

4th The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)

1st The Gordon Highlanders

9th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General F. C. Shaw)

1st The Northumberland Fusiliers

4th The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

1st The Lincolnshire Regiment

1st The Royal Scots Fusiliers

Artillery (Brigadier-General F. D. V. Wing)

XXIII Brigade RFA

XL Brigade RFA

XLII Brigade RFA

XXX (Howitzer) Brigade RFA

48th Heavy Battery, RGA

C Squadron, 15th (The King's) Hussars

56th Field Company, RE

57th Field Company, RE

5th Division

Major-General Sir Charles Fergusson

13th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General G. J. Cuthbert)

2nd The King's Own Scottish Borderers

2nd The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

2nd The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

14th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General S. P. Rolt)

2nd The Suffolk Regiment

1st The East Surrey Regiment

1st The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

2nd The Manchester Regiment

15th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General A. E. W. Count Gleichen)

1st The Norfolk Regiment

1st The Bedfordshire Regiment

1st The Cheshire Regiment

1st The Dorsetshire Regiment

Artillery (Brigadier-General J. E. W. Headlam)

XV Brigade RFA

XXVII Brigade RFA

XXVIII Brigade RFA

VIII (Howitzer) Brigade RFA

108th Heavy Battery, RGA

A Squadron, 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

17th Field Company, RE

59th Field Company, RE

III Corps

Major-General W. P. Pulteney

Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General J. P. Du Cane
Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General E. J. Phipps-Hornby
Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General F. M. Glubb

4th Division

Major-General T. D'O. Snow

10th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General J. A. L. Haldane)

1st The Royal Warwickshire Regiment

2nd Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)

1st Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)

2nd The Royal Dublin Fusiliers

11th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General A. G. Hunter-Weston)

1st Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

1st The East Lancashire Regiment

1st The Hampshire Regiment

1st The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)

12th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. F. M. Wilson)

1st King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

2nd The Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

2nd The Essex Regiment

Artillery (Brigadier-General G. F. Milne)

XIV Brigade RFA

XXIX Brigade RFA

XXXII Brigade RFA

XXXVII (Howitzer) Brigade RFA

31st Heavy Battery, RGA

B Squadron, 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

7th Field Company, RE

9th Field Company, RE

19th Infantry Brigade (Major-General L. G. Drummond)

2nd The Royal Welch Fusiliers

1st The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

1st The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)

2nd Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)

1st Cavalry Division

Major-General Edmund Allenby

1st Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General C. J. Briggs)

2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)

5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards

11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars

2nd Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. de Lisle)

4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

3rd Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General Hubert Gough)

4th (Queen's Own) Hussars

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

16th (The Queen's) Lancers

4th Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General Hon. C. E. Bingham)

Household Cavalry Composite Regiment

6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiners)

3rd (King's Own) Hussars

Horse Artillery (Brigadier-General B. F. Drake)

III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery

VII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery

1st Field Squadron, RE

Army Troops

1st The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

1st The Devonshire Regiment

A Squadron, North Irish Horse

B Squadron, North Irish Horse

B Squadron, South Irish Horse

5th Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General Sir Philip Chetwode)

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

20th Hussars

J Battery, RHA

4th Field Squadron, RE

Royal Garrison Artillery

No. 1 Siege Battery

No. 2 Siege Battery

No. 3 Siege Battery

No. 4 Siege Battery

No. 5 Siege Battery

No. 6 Siege Battery

Royal Flying Corps (Brigadier-General Sir David Henderson)

2nd Aeroplane Squadron (Major C. J. Burke)

3rd Aeroplane Squadron (Major John Salmond)

4th Aeroplane Squadron (Major G. H. Rayleig)

5th Aeroplane Squadron

6th Aeroplane Squadron (Major John Becke)

French Armies

Général d’Armée Joseph Joffre

Fifth Army

Général d’Armée Louis Franchet d'Espèrey

I Corps

Général de Corps d’Armée Henry Victor Deligny

1st Infantry Division (Général de Division Marie Alexandre Gallet)

2nd Infantry Division (Général de Division Henry Victor Deligny thru 8 Sep, then Colonel Noël Garnier-Duplessix)

III Corps

Général de Corps d’Armée Emile H. Hache

5th Infantry Division (Général de Brigade Charles Mangin)

6th Infantry Division (Général de Brigade Philippe Pétain)

37th Infantry Division (Général de Division Louis Comby)

X Corps

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)

XVIII Corps

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

Général de Division Mardochée Valabrègue

53rd Infantry Division (Général de Division Georges Perruchon, Général Journée)

69th Infantry Division (Général de Division Henri Le Gros)

Conneau Cavalry Corps

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

Général d’Armée Joseph Maunoury
Military Governor of Paris: Général d’Armée Joseph Gallieni
Chief of Staff: Général Guillemin

IV Corps

Général de Corps d’Armée Victor R. Boelle

7th Infantry Division (Général de Division Edgard de Trentinian)

8th Infantry Division (Général de Division Raoul de Lartigue)

VII Corps

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

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

61st Reserve Division (Généra Céleste Deprez)

62nd Reserve Division (Général Marie F. Ganeval)

Cavalry Corps Sordet/Bridoux

Général de Corps d’Armée André Sordet (thru 8 Sep)

Général de Corps d’Armée Marie E. Bridoux

1st Cavalry Division

3rd Cavalry Division

5th Cavalry Division

45th Infantry Division

Général Antoine M.B. Drude

Ninth Army

Général d’Armée Ferdinand Foch
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-Colonel Weygand

IX Corps

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

Général de Corps d’Armée Joseph-Paul Eydoux [fr]

21st Infantry Division (Général de Division Rene Radiguet)

22nd Infantry Division (Général de Division Joseph Maurice Pambet)

60th Reserve Division (Général de Division Maurice Joppé)

XXI Corps

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

Général Jean de l'Espée

42nd Infantry Division

Général Paul François Grossetti

German Armies

Chief of the Imperial German General Staff: Generaloberst Helmuth von Moltke

Quartermaster-General / Deputy Chief of Staff: General der Artillerie Hermann von Stein

Operations Officer: Oberst Gerhard Tappen

Political Officer: Oberst Wilhelm von Dommes

Intelligence Officer: Oberstleutnant Richard Hentsch

First Army

Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck
Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Hermann von Kuhl
Quartermaster-General: Oberst Walter von Bergmann

II Corps

General der Infantrie Alexander von Linsingen

Chief of Staff: Oberst Hans Freiherr von Hammerstein-Gesmold

3rd Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Ferdinand K. von Trossel)

4th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Günther von Pannewitz)

III Corps

General der Infanterie Ewald von Lochow

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans von Seeckt

5th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Georg Wichura)

6th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Richard Herhudt von Rohden)

IV Corps

General der Infanterie Friedrich Sixt von Armin

Chief of Staff: Leo von Stocken

7th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Johannes Riedel)

8th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Georg K.A. Hildebrandt)

IX Corps

General der Infanterie Ferdinand von Quast

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Franz Sydow

17th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Arnold von Bauer)

18th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Max von Kluge)

IV Reserve Corps

General der Artillerie Hans von Gronau

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich von der Heyde

7th Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Bogislav Graf von Schwerin)

22nd Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Otto Riemann)

II Cavalry Corps

General der Kavallerie Georg von der Marwitz

2nd Cavalry Division (Generalleutnant Friedrich Freiherr von Krane)

4th Cavalry Division (Generalleutnant Otto von Garnier)

9th Cavalry Division (Generalmajor Eberhard Graf von Schmettow)

Second Army

Generaloberst Karl von Bülow
Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant Ernst Otto von Lauenstein

Guards Corps

General der Infanterie Karl von Plettenberg

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg

1st Guards Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Oskar von Hutier)

2nd Guards Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Arnold von Winckler)

VII Corps

General der Kavallerie Karl von Einem

Chief of Staff: Oberst Hans von Wolff

13th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Kurt von dem Borne)

14th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Friedrich Fleck)

X Corps

General der Infanterie Otto von Emmich

Chief of Staff: Oberst Gustav Freiherr von der Wenge Graf von Lambsdorff

19th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Max P.O. Hofmann)

20th Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Alwin Schmundt)

X Reserve Corps

General der Infanterie Johannes von Eben

Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Max Hoffmann von Waldau

2nd Guards Reserve Division (Generalleutnant Richard Freiherr von Süsskind-Schwendi)

19th Reserve Division (General der Infanterie Max von Bahrfeldt)

I Cavalry Corps

Generalleutnant Manfred von Richthofen

Guards Cavalry Division (Generalleutnant Adolph von Storch)

5th Cavalry Division (Generalleutnant Karl von Ilsemann)

Third Army

Generaloberst Max Freiherr von Hausen
Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Ernst von Hoeppner
Quartermaster-General: Generalmajor von Leuthold
Chief Engineer: Generalmajor Franz Adams

XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps

General der Infanterie Karl d'Elsa
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans von Eulitz

XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps

General der Kavallerie Maximilian von Laffert
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Frotscher

XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps

Commanding General: General der Artillerie Hans von Kirchbach
Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant von Koppenfels

Army Troops

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

Notes

1. Replaced French as C-in-C BEF December 1915
2. Strongly clashed with Sir John French on matters of strategy
3. Given command of British forces in the Middle East in June 1917; entered Jerusalem in December
4. Headed the collaborationist Vichy regime, 1940-1944
5. Promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies, March 1918
6. Great-uncle of Manfred von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron

See also

• British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1914)

References

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.

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• World War I orders of battle