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5 September 1914 Dear whomever this may concern, Early this morning I have received the news that General Joseph Joffre, our French commander in chief has decided to risk a counterattack. It is about one month into World War 1 and the German army had advanced deep into northeastern France, Paris and are preparing for a siege. He has assumed to have instructed the French armies in the centre and on the right, in the line southeast from Verdun to the Swiss border, were to remain in that position. The three armies on the left were to go on this offensive. These three armies are General Manoury’s French 6th Army and I Cavalry Corps advancing from Paris, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) advancing north east, and Franchet d’Esperey’s French …show more content…

Extreme contact is being made with powerful German formations. However, after hours have passed, Royal Flying Corps investigation flights have just confirmed that the British front was clear of German troops. Several of the German formations that had encountered the BEF, were now set out across the Ourcq River, facing General Galliéni’s troops at the left end of the Allied line, on the northern side of the Marne River. The advanced units of the British II and III Corps were on the Grand Morin River, while I Corps and the Cavalry Division, on the right, were still short of the Aubetin River. While all this action is taking place between the BEF and the German’s I have a problem of my own. Our French 5th and 6th army need to push back the Germans on the BEF’s eastern and western side of the Ourcq River. I tremble with my machine gun in my hand as I prepare for a life or death situation. I clench my daughter’s picture in my other clammy hand as I advance forward, hoping to live another …show more content…

French Soldier Thomas has died bravely fighting for the French army. I hope I can return his journaling to his family as soon as possible. But to conclude,The Battle of the Marne saw the German attempt to win the war against the British and French in a month, failed. Instead, the German Army was forced to fall back to the line of the Aisne River, the line between the opposing sides. The British Expeditionary Force occupied positions to the north of the Marne River. The Cavalry Division lay around Lucy le Bocage on the right, the most advanced of the British formations. 5th Cavalry Brigade lay at La Baudière, just west of the Cavalry Division. All though both sides suffered many casualties, the Allies managed to conquer their

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