# First Battle of the Marne order of battle

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 Army | French Army | German Army |
| Captain | Capitaine | Hauptmann / Rittmeister |
| Major | Commandant | Major |
| Lieutenant-Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Oberstleutnant |
| Colonel | Colonel | Oberst |
| Brigadier-General | Général de Brigade | Generalmajor |
| Major-General | Général de Division | Generalleutnant |
| Lieutenant-General | Général de Corps d’Armée | General der Infanterie / der Kavallerie / der Artillerie |
| General | Général d’Armée | Generaloberst |
| Field Marshal | Maréchal de France | Feldmarschall |

## 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