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Marne, battle of the, two important battles of World War I that are named for the Marne River. In the first battle (Sept. 6–9, 1914) the German advance on Paris was halted at the Marne by the Allies under Joffre Joffre, Joseph Jacques Césaire (zhôzĕf` zhäk sāzĕr` zhô`frə), 1852–1931, marshal of France.
..... Click the link for more information. , Gallieni Gallieni, Joseph Simon (zhôzĕf` sēmôN` gälyānē`)
..... Click the link for more information. , and Sir John French. The German retreat that followed signified the abandonment of the Schlieffen plan (see under Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von Schlieffen plan. According to the plan, Germany could solve the problem of war on two fronts by first defeating France in a lightning campaign and then throwing its full weight against Russia. The plan called for a flanking movement by an overwhelmingly strong right (i.e.
..... Click the link for more information. ). In the second battle (July, 1918) the last great German offensive was decisively repulsed by the Allies.

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See studies by R. H. Asprey (1962), G. Blond (tr. 1965), and H. Isselin (tr. 1965).