French postcard celebrating the Allied victory at the Battle of the Marne with the Kaiser tumbling in the river, Germans (in green) fleeing. The French in blue and red advance and tend to German wounded. The British, France's ally, advance in the distance.

Caption:

Dans un élan magnifique, les armées allemandes on passé deux fois la Marne. Tout va bien. Les troupes sont fraîches. (Agence Wolff)



With magnificent élan, the German armies have crossed the Marne twice. All is well. The troops are fresh. (Wolff Agency)



Signs and text:

On demande couturière pour recoudre les boches

Voulez vous que j’écrive a vos parents?

Poudres sèches pour la guerre future 1873

Sucre pastilles caramelle

Baton provisoire de maréchal



We need a seamstress to mend the Boche

You want me to write to your parents?

Dry powder for future war 1873

Caramel sugar lozenges

Marshal’s provisional baton



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Monday, September 7, 1914

"Shortly before the war Conrad von Hötzendorf, the Chief of the Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army, enquired of von Moltke [Chief of the Staff of the German Army] how long it would be before a decision in the West would be reached, and the latter replied : 'the thirty-sixth to fortieth day of mobilization; as the 2nd August 1914 was the first day, this meant the 6th to 10th September, a very accurate forecast."

Quotation Context

On September 5, 1914, the newly formed French Sixth Army struck the right wing of the advancing German armies northeast of Paris. The next day the Battle of the Marne began. In the battle, the French and British stopped, then drove back, the German armies that had been advancing into France.

Source

Military Operations France and Belgium, 1914, Vol. I, August to October by J. E. Edmonds, page 223, copyright © Second Edition 1925, publisher: MacMillan and Co., Limited, publication date: 1925

Tags

1914-09-07, Battle of the Marne