First Battle of the Marne order of battle

The following units of the British, French[1] and German[2][3] Empires fought in the First Battle of the Marne from 5–12 September 1914 on the Western Front of World War I. Commander-in-Chief of the BEF: Field-Marshal Sir John French Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig[a] Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General J. E. Gough Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General H. S. Horne Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General S. R. Rice Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien[b] Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General George Forestier-Walker Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General A. H. Short Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General A. E. Sandbach Major-General W. P. Pulteney Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General J. P. Du Cane Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General E. J. Phipps-Hornby Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General F. M. Glubb Major-General Edmund Allenby[c] Général d’Armée Joseph Joffre Général d’Armée Louis Franchet d'Espèrey Général d’Armée Joseph Maunoury Military Governor of Paris: Général d’Armée Joseph Gallieni Chief of Staff: Général Guillemin Général d’Armée Ferdinand Foch[e] Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-Colonel Weygand Chief of the Imperial German General Staff: Generaloberst Helmuth von Moltke Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Hermann von Kuhl Quartermaster-General: Oberst Walter von Bergmann Generaloberst Karl von Bülow Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant Ernst Otto von Lauenstein Generaloberst Max Freiherr von Hausen Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Ernst von Hoeppner Quartermaster-General: Generalmajor von Leuthold Chief Engineer: Generalmajor Franz Adams General der Infanterie Karl d'Elsa Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Hans von Eulitz

General der Kavallerie Maximilian von Laffert Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant Frotscher

Commanding General: General der Artillerie Hans von Kirchbach Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant von Koppenfels