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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Tuesday, September 15, 1914

"Commander in Chief [Joffre] telegraphed:

'The enemy seems to be disposed to accept a new battle on positions he has prepared north of the Aisne, the Vesle, and the Suippe, where his rear guards appear to have strengthened.

Consequently, measures applicable to a pursuit are no longer sufficient. Methodical attacks must be organized and all ground consolidated as it is won.'

The pursuit had come to an end. The following days were to witness, first on one side and then on the other, attempts to break through the opposing lines; when all of these efforts had ended in failure the front was to become stabilized for many long months."

Quotation Context

The French and British victory in the Battle of the Marne did not destroy the invading German armies which retreated to high ground and fortified their positions. The enemies would soon begin attempting to outflank each other on the German right wing, and the Allied left.

Source

The Memoirs of Marshal Foch, translated by Col. T. Bentley Mott by Ferdinand Foch, pp. 101, 102, copyright © 1931 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., publication date: 1931

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Battle of the Marne, Marne, 1914, September, 1914-09-15