Order of battle of the First Battle of the Marne

The following units of the British,^[1] French^[2]^[3] and German^[4]^[5] 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

John French

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

General Officer Commanding - 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 R. Scott-Kerr
  - 2nd Grenadier Guards
  - 2nd Coldstream Guards
  - 3rd Coldstream Guards
  - 1st Irish Guards
- 5th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier-General R. C. B. 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

General Officer Commanding - 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

General Officer Commanding - 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

Commanding Officer - 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

Joseph Joffre

Generalissimo - Général d’Armée Joseph Joffre

Fifth Army

Commanding General - Général d’Armée Louis Franchet d'Espèrey

I Corps

Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Henry V. Deligny

1st Infantry Division - Général de Division Gallet
2nd Infantry Division - Général de Division Henry V. Deligny, Colonel Noël Garnier-Duplessix (assumed command on September 8)

III Corps

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Gilbert Defforges

19th Infantry Division - Général de Division Gaëtan Bonnier
20th Infantry Division
51st Reserve Division - Général de Division René Boutegourd

XVIII Corps

Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Louis de Maud'huy

35th Infantry Division - Général Charles Exelmans
36th Infantry Division
38th Infantry Division - Général de Division Paul J.H. Muteau

IV Reserve Division Group

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Louis Conneau

4th Cavalry Division
8th Cavalry Division - Général de Brigade Albert Baratier
10th Cavalry Division

Sixth Army

Commanding General - Général d’Armée Maunoury

Military Governor of Paris - Général d’Armée Joseph Gallieni

Chief of Staff - Général Guillemin

IV Corps

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - 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
62nd Reserve Division - Général Marie F. Ganeval

Cavalry Corps Sordet/Bridoux

Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Andre Sordet
Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Marie E. Bridoux (assumed command on September 8)

1st Cavalry Division
3rd Cavalry Division
5th Cavalry Division

45th Infantry Division

Commanding Officer - Général Antoine M.B. Drude

Ninth Army

Commanding General - Général d’Armée Ferdinand Foch

Chief of Staff - Lieutenant-Colonel Weygand

IX Corps

General Commanding - Général de Corps d’Armée Pierre J.L.A. 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

General Commanding - Général de Corps d’Armée Joseph-Paul Eydoux

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

General Commanding - 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

Commanding Officer - Général Jean de l'Espée

42nd Infantry Division

Commanding Officer - Général Paul François Grossetti

German Armies

Helmuth von Moltke

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

Commanding General - Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck

Chief of Staff - Generalmajor Hermann von Kuhl
Quartermaster-General - Oberst Walter von Bergmann

II Corps

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - General der Infanterie Friedrich Sixt von Arnim

Chief of Staff - Leo von Stocken

7th Infantry Division - Generalleutnant Johannes Riedel
8th Infantry Division - Generalleutnant Georg K.A. Hildebrandt

IX Corps

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - Generaloberst Karl von Bülow

Chief of Staff - Generalleutnant Ernst Otto von Lauenstein

Guards Corps

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - Generalleutnant Manfred von Richthofen

Guards Cavalry Division - Generalleutnant Adolph von Storch
5th Cavalry Division - Generalleutnant Karl von Ilsemann

Third Army

Commanding General - 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

Commanding General - General der Infanterie Karl d'Elsa

Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant von Eulitz

23rd Infantry Division
- 45th Brigade
  - 100th Life-Grenadiers
  - 101st Grenadiers
- 46th Brigade
  - 108th Schützen
  - 182nd Infantry
- 23rd Field Artillery Brigade
  - 12th Field Artillery
  - 48th Field Artillery
- 20th Hussars
- 1st Company, 12th Pioneer Btln.

32nd Infantry Division
- 63rd Brigade
  - 102nd Infantry
  - 103rd Infantry
  - 12th Jäger Btln.
- 64th Brigade
  - 177th Infantry
  - 178th Infantry
- 32nd Field Artillery Brigade
  - 28th Field Artillery
  - 64th Field Artillery
- 18th Hussars
- 2nd Company, 12th Pioneer Btln.
- 3rd Company, 12th Pioneer Btln.

1st Btln., 19th Field Artillery
29th Aviation Detachment

XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps

Commanding General - General der Kavallerie Maximilian von Laffert

Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant Frotscher

24th Infantry Division
- 47th Brigade
  - 139th Infantry
  - 179th Infantry
  - 13th Jäger Btln.
- 48th Brigade
  - 106th Infantry
  - 107th Infantry
- 24th Field Artillery Brigade
  - 76th Field Artillery
  - 77th Field Artillery
- 18th Uhlans
- 1st Company, 22nd Pioneer Btln.

40th Infantry Division
- 88th Brigade
  - 104th Infantry
  - 181st Infantry
- 89th Brigade
  - 133rd Infantry
  - 134th Infantry
- 40th Field Artillery Brigade
  - 32nd Field Artillery
  - 68th Field Artillery
- 19th Hussars
- 2nd Company, 22nd Pioneer Btln.
- 3rd Company, 22nd Pioneer Btln.

2nd Btln., 19th Field Artillery
24th Aviation Detachment

XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps

Commanding General - General der Artillerie Hans von Kirchbach

Chief of Staff - Oberstleutnant von Koppenfels

23rd Reserve Division
- 45th Reserve Brigade
  - 100th Reserve Infantry
  - 101st Reserve Infantry
  - 12th Reserve Jäger Btln.
- 46th Reserve Brigade
  - 102nd Reserve Infantry
  - 103rd Reserve Infantry
- 23rd Reserve Field Artillery
- Saxon Reserve Hussars
- 4th Company, 12th Reserve Pioneer Btln.

24th Reserve Division
- 47th Reserve Brigade
  - 104th Reserve Infantry
  - 106th Reserve Infantry
  - 13th Reserve Jäger Btln.
- 48th Reserve Brigade
  - 107th Reserve Infantry
  - 133rd Reserve Infantry
- 24th Reserve Field Artillery
- Saxon Reserve Uhlans
- 1st Company, 12th Reserve Pioneer Btln.
- 2nd Company, 12th Reserve Pioneer Btln.

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

References

↑ "British Order of Battle 1914".
↑ "ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE FRENCH ARMY, AUGUST 1914". Orbat.com. 2001-08-12. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
↑ "Ordre de bataille de la première bataille de la Marne".
↑ "German Army Corps 1914". 2003. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
↑ "The Prussian Machine - German Army 1914-18".

Sources

Ian Sumner "The First Battle of the Marne 1914" Osprey Publishing (May 25, 2010) ISBN 1-84603-502-3
Asprey R. B. The First Battle of the Marne W&N 1962
Cassar, George. Kitchener's War: British Strategy from 1914 to 1916. Brassey's Inc. Washington 2004. ISBN 1-57488-708-4
Evans, M. M. (2004). Battles of World War I. Select Editions. ISBN 1-84193-226-4.
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Tuchman, Barbara. The Guns of August. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962.
von Hausen, Max. Erinnerungen an den Marnefeldzug 1914. (Translation: "Reminiscences of the Marne Campaign 1914") Dresden: K.F. Koehler, 1920.

External links

(French) Order of Battle on the French Wikipedia page

Order of battle of the First Battle of the Marne

Comparative relevant military ranks

1st Cavalry Division

Army Troops

French Armies

I Corps

III Corps

X Corps

XVIII Corps

IV Reserve Division Group

Conneau Cavalry Corps

VII Corps

V Reserve Division Group

VI Reserve Division Group

Cavalry Corps Sordet/Bridoux

45th Infantry Division

XI Corps

XXI Corps

9th Cavalry Division

42nd Infantry Division

German Armies

Army Troops

See also

References

Sources

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