First Battle of the Marne

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World War I battle battle

The First Battle of the Marne was a pivotal 1914 World War I clash in France that halted the German advance toward Paris and ended hopes for a quick German victory on the Western Front.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
First Battle of the Marne canonical	23
Battle of the Marne	6
Battle of the Marne (1914)	3
First Marne	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Battle of the Marne ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Marne First Battle of the Marne ⓘ surface form: First Marne
belligerent	French Third Republic ⓘ German Empire ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom
casualties	hundreds of thousands killed and wounded on both sides ⓘ
cause	German advance into France following the Schlieffen Plan ⓘ
commander	Alexander von Kluck ⓘ Ferdinand Foch ⓘ Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ John French ⓘ Joseph Joffre ⓘ Karl von Bülow ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
date	September 1914 ⓘ
effect	transition from mobile warfare to entrenched positions ⓘ
endDate	1914-09-12 ⓘ
followedBy	First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
front	Western Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early phase of World War I ⓘ
involvedForce	British Expeditionary Force ⓘ French Fifth Army ⓘ German 1st Army ⓘ surface form: German First Army German Second Army ⓘ
location	France ⓘ Marne ⓘ surface form: Marne River
militaryOperation	counter-offensive by French and British forces ⓘ
namedAfter	Marne ⓘ surface form: Marne River
notableFeature	use of Paris taxicabs to transport French troops ⓘ
opponent	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allied Powers Central Powers ⓘ
partOf	Western Front ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ German advance halted ⓘ beginning of trench warfare stalemate on Western Front ⓘ failure of German quick-victory plans on Western Front ⓘ
startDate	1914-09-06 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	ended German hopes for a rapid victory in the west ⓘ forced German retreat to the Aisne River ⓘ led to the so-called Race to the Sea ⓘ prevented capture of Paris by German forces ⓘ
theater	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War I
year	1914 ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War I → notableBattle → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

French Army → significantBattle → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne

French First Army → engagement → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

First Battle of the Marne → alsoKnownAs → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne

First Battle of the Marne → alsoKnownAs → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Marne

Ferdinand Foch → participatedIn → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne

Western Front → notableBattle → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War I)

Imperial German Army → notableBattle → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne (1914)

Marne → notableFor → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne (1914)

Second Battle of the Marne → relatedEvent → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

European theatre of World War I → hasPart → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne

French I Corps → engagement → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

French II Corps → notableEngagement → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne

Karl von Bülow → notableEvent → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

French Fifth Army → notableBattle → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

French Fifth Army → engagement → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

Battle of the Frontiers → followedBy → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

First Battle of the Aisne → followed → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

Joseph Joffre → participatedIn → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

The Guns of August → subject → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne

I Corps (British Army) → notableOperation → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

German Second Army → participatedIn → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

German Second Army → opponentIn → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

Helmuth von Moltke the Younger → notableEvent → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

Alexander von Kluck → participantIn → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

II Corps (British Army) → notableEvent → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

British 5th Division → participatedIn → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Marne (1914)

Field Marshal Sir John French → participatedIn → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

subject surface form: John French

Battle of Le Cateau → followedBy → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

Battle of Lorraine → followedBy → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

Battle of Charleroi → followedBy → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

Charles Mangin → participatedIn → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ

Aisne-Marne → relatedEvent → First Battle of the Marne ⓘ