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First Battle of the Marne
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First Battle of the Marne
The
Battle of the Marne
(, also known as the
Miracle of the Marne
) was a
First World War
battle fought from It resulted in an
Allied
victory against the
German Army
(
Chief of Staff
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
). 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
field armies
and the
British Expeditionary Force
(BEF) along the
Marne River
, forced the Imperial German Army to retreat north-west, leading to the
Battle of the Aisne
and the "
Race to the Sea
". The Battle of the Marne was a victory for the Allies and set the stage for four years of
trench warfare
on the
Western Front
.
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