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Reflecting contemporary events, the theme for the 1915 display was " The Battle of the Marne "; in 1916 it was " The War in Flanders ", during which one spectator got so caught up in the action that he waded across the lake to join in with the " fighting ".

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In Northern Germany Dithmarschen is well known for its Dithmarscher beer from the brewery Karl Hintz in Marne.
The primary importance of the battle was its moral aspect: the decision gained on the Marne marked the end of a string of German victories and the beginning of a series of Allied victories that were in three months to bring the German Army to its knees.
The counterattack of six French field armies and one British army along the Marne River forced the German Imperial Army to abandon its push on Paris and retreat northeast, setting the stage for four years of trench warfare on the Western Front.
Their impact on morale, however, is undeniable: the taxis de la Marne were perceived as a manifestation of the union sacrée of the French civilian population and its soldiers at the front, reminiscent of the people in arms who had saved the French Republic in 1794.
Nevertheless, taking his period of office as a whole, he probably did more to improve the Plan than to damage its prospects. He concludes that, overall, the logistical shortcomings of the Plan did not contribute to the German defeat at the First Battle of the Marne.
With the defeat of these German drives, I Corps conducted its first offensive mission, participating in the Second Battle of the Marne from 18 July until 6 August, which resulted in the reduction of the more important salients driven into Allied lines by the German offensives.
The Marne and its tributaries the Grand Morin and the Petit Morin are the chief rivers, but the region is not abundantly watered and the rainfall is only between 20 and 24 inches.
The Belgian army was committed to offering strategic support to its French and British allies and conducted two sorties out of Antwerp to force the German army to detach additional troops to the siege and to harass the enemy lines of communication during the battle of the Marne.
The French 75 gave its best performances during the Battle of the Marne in August – September 1914 and at Verdun in 1916.
It is watered by the Marne river which carries out its last loop before the junction with the Seine at the Charenton-le-Pont.
This place, located at the narrow entrance of a loop where the Marne River made its way round a rocky outcrop, was probably named after the moats of an ancient Celtic oppidum and later a Roman castrum ; the site was known in medieval documents as Castrum Bagaudarum, at a time when the marauding Bagaudae had developed a legendary reputation as defenders of Christians again Roman persecution.
The 5th Cavalry continued its drive into France after the Battle of the Frontiers, but was stopped at the First Battle of the Marne in September.
It was built on a rocky promontory above the Marne River, and still preserves some of its medieval fortifications, which afford panoramic views of the Marne Valley, the Langres plateau and the Vosges.
Its name comes from the historical division of the area into two counties: " Vaudreuil " ( named after Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, governor of New France ) for the communities along the Ottawa River, and " Soulanges " ( named after Pierre-Jacques Joybert de Soulanges from Soulanges, Marne, France ) for the communities along the St. Lawrence, a name of Québécois derivation referring to its southerliness.
The Romans regarded them as a civitas, a major and influential polity of Gaul, The Remi occupied the northern Champagne plain, on the southern fringes of the Forest of Ardennes, between the rivers Mosa ( Meuse ) and Matrona ( Marne ), and along the river valleys of the Aisne and its tributaries the Aire and the Vesle.
In September the 1st Battalion took part in its second major engagement, at the First Battle of the Marne, which saw the Germans advance halted after much bitter fighting, with the Germans eventually going into retreat.
The river gave its name to the départements of Haute-Marne, Marne, Seine-et-Marne, and Val-de-Marne.
Among his works from Marly are the Mercury and the equestrian Fame ( 1702 ) and four groups commissioned for the " river " in the château's park ; La Seine and its pendant at the head of the cascade, La Marne, Neptune and Amphitrite.
This referred to the service of several of its units with the French Army during the Second Battle of the Marne.
As Commander of the 1st Army of the American Expeditionary Forces, General Liggett commanded the 1st Army Corps and perfected its organization under difficult conditions of early service in France, engaged in active operations in reduction of the Marne salient and of the St. Mihiel salient, and participated in the actions in the Forest of Argonne ; in command of the 1st Army when German resistance was shattered west of the Meuse.

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The region's reputation for wine production dates back to the Middle Ages when Pope Urban II, a native Champenois, declared that the wine of Aÿ in the Marne département was the best wine produced in the world.
He remained on Foch's staff when his patron was appointed Supreme Allied Commander in the spring of 1918, and was Foch's right-hand man throughout his victory at the Second Marne ( for which Foch was promoted Marshal of France ) in the late summer and until the end of the war.
) The piece was published by The Times newspaper in September, when public feeling was affected by the recent Battle of Marne.
Born in Sommesous ( Marne ), Prieur practised as a lawyer at Châlons-sur-Marne until 1789, when he was elected to the States-General.
In July, when the German Army advanced in what became known as the Second Battle of the Marne, they found the American and French defenders had created a deep defensive system which the depleted and exhausted shock troop units failed to break.
The Schlieffen School disagrees, and argues that Moltke lost control of the invading armies during the month of August and thus was unable to react when the First Battle of the Marne developed in September.
German forces locked into Rupprecht's offensive were therefore unavailable for the later fighting on the Marne when they may have proved decisive.
Spears remained with the French Fifth Army during the First Battle of the Marne, riding on horseback behind Franchet d ’ Esperey when Reims was liberated on 13 September.
Marcello is to be executed in the morning, but his life is spared when the French Army counterattacks in the " Miracle of the Marne ".
The statue was created as a celebration of the First Battle of the Marne when the German army was stopped from capturing Paris in August 1914.

Marne and 1875
Athanase Josué Coquerel ( 16 June 1820 Amsterdam-24 July 1875 Fismes ( Marne )) was a French Protestant theologian, son of Athanase Laurent Charles Coquerel.

Marne and German
French dragoons escorting German prisoners, after the First Battle of the Marne ( 1914 ).
* 1918 – World War I: the Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
* July 15 – WWI – Second Battle of the Marne: The battle begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
To this day, the Belgians are remembered for their stubborn resistance during the early days of the war, with the army-around a tenth the size of the Germany Army-holding up the German offensive for nearly a month, giving the French and British forces time to prepare for the Marne counteroffensive later in the year.
In 1914, following the German invasion of France, the First Battle of the Marne ( 5 – 12 September ) and the capture of Saint-Mihiel ( on 24 September ) created a salient around Verdun.
After the German invasion of France had been halted at the First Battle of the Marne, in September 1914, the war of movement gave way to trench warfare with neither side being able to achieve a successful breakthrough.
The German army came within of Paris, but at the First Battle of the Marne ( 6 – 12 September ), French and British troops were able to force a German retreat by exploiting a gap which appeared between the 1st and 2nd Armies, ending the German advance into France.
Indeed, the Belgians delayed the Germans and thus allowed the French armies to resist the German attacks which became the First Battle of the Marne.
The Second Battle of the Marne (), or Battle of Reims ( 15 July – 6 August 1918 ) was the last major German Spring Offensive on the Western Front during the First World War.
< center >" German soldiers advancing past a captured French position, between Loivre and Brimont, Marne department, 1918 "</ center >
The defenders of the south bank of the Marne could not escape the three-hour fury of the German guns.
The Battle of Marne was also one of the first major battles in which reconnaissance planes played a decisive role, by discovering weak points in the German lines and allowing the allies to take advantage of them.
The mobility and destructive power of the numerous French 75 batteries engaged in the Battle of the Marne played a key role in slowing down and then halting German progress everywhere.
However, the modifications to the original plan, a French counterattack on the outskirts of Paris ( the Battle of the Marne ) and surprisingly speedy Russian offensives ended the German offensive and resulted in years of trench warfare.
However, Moltke's weakening of the German right, the defense of Alsace-Lorraine, and the transfer of three army corps and one cavalry division from the western front to help contain the Russian advance into East Prussia, all contributed to the failure of the German army to break through the Allied forces at the Marne.

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