During which war was the Battle of Marne?
First Battle of the Marne First Battle of the Marne The Battle of the Marne (, also known as the Miracle of the Marne, "Le Miracle de la Marne") was a World War I battle fought from It resulted in an Allied victory against the German armies in the west. The battle was the culmination of the German advance into France and pursuit of the Allied armies which followed the Battle of the Frontiers in August and had reached the eastern outskirts of Paris. A counter-attack by six French armies and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) along the Marne River forced the Imperial German Army
First Battle of the Marne points in the German lines, which the Allied Powers were able to exploit. Over two million men fought in the First Battle of the Marne and although there are no exact official casualty counts for the battle, estimates for the actions of September along the Marne front for all armies are often given as or wounded. French casualties totalled of whom killed. Some notable people died in the battle, such as Charles Péguy, who was killed while leading his platoon during an attack at the beginning of the battle. Tuchman gave French casualties for August as and Herwig gave French