caption serviceyears branch death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
general maunoury 1876 -- 1920 french army 28 march 1923 maintenon france marshal of france -lrb- posthumous -rrb- world war i 17 december 1847 marshal of france michel-joseph maunoury.jpg michel-joseph maunoury
 michel-joseph maunoury
michel-joseph maunoury

michel-joseph maunoury -lrb- 17 december 1847 -- 28 march 1923 -rrb- was a commander of french forces in the early days of world war i. initially commanding in lorraine , as the success of the german thrust through belgium became clear he was sent to take command of the new sixth army which was assembling near amiens .
the sixth army played an important role in the first battle of the marne in september 1914 .
with a small portion of its strength rushed to the front in commandeered taxicabs , it attacked von kluck 's german first army from the west at the battle of the ourcq .
although the attack did not succeed , the resulting german redeployment opened up a gap which was exploited by french fifth army and the small british expeditionary force , ultimately causing the germans to retreat .
