The following units of the British, French and German Empires fought in the First Battle of the Marne from 5–12 September 1914 on the Western Front of World War I.
Comparative relevant military ranks
British Army French Army German ArmyCaptainCapitaineHauptmann / Rittmeisterfor cavalry and aviationMajorCommandantMajorLieutenant-ColonelLieutenant-ColonelOberstleutnantColonel ColonelOberstBrigadier-GeneralGénéral de BrigadeGeneralmajorMajor-GeneralGénéral de DivisionGeneralleutnantLieutenant-GeneralGénéral de Corps d’ArméeGeneral der Infanterie / der Kavallerie / der ArtillerieGeneralGénéral d’ArméeGeneraloberstField MarshalMaréchal de FranceFeldmarschall
British Expeditionary Force Commander-in-Chief of the BEF: Field-Marshal Sir John French
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Murray Deputy Chief of Staff: Major-General Sir Henry Wilson Adjutant-General: Major-General Sir Nevil Macready Quartermaster-General: Major-General Sir William Robertson Deputy Adjutant-General: Major-General E. R. C. Graham Commander, Royal Artillery: Major-General W. F. L. Lindsay Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General G. H. Fowke Assistant Adjutant-General: Colonel A. E. J. Cavendish Assistant Quartermaster-General: Colonel C. T. Dawkins Operations Officer: Colonel G. M. Harper Intelligence Officer: Colonel G. M. W. Macdonogh
I Corps Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig
Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General J. E. Gough Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General H. S. Horne Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General S. R. Rice 1st Division Major-General S. H. Lomax 1st (Guards) Brigade (Brigadier-General F. I. Maxse) 1st Coldstream Guards 1st Scots Guards 1st The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd The Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General E. S. Bulfin) 2nd The Royal Sussex Regiment 1st The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st The Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd The King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. J. S. Landon) 1st The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st The South Wales Borderers 1st The Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd The Welch Regiment Artillery (Brigadier-General N. D. Findlay) XXV Brigade RFA XXVI Brigade RFA XXXIX Brigade RFA XLIII (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 26th Heavy Battery, RGA A Squadron, 15th (The King's) Hussars 23rd Field Company, RE 26th Field Company, RE 2nd Division Major-General C. C. Monro 4th (Guards) Brigade (Brigadier-General Robert Scott-Kerr) 2nd Grenadier Guards 2nd Coldstream Guards 3rd Coldstream Guards 1st Irish Guards 5th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General Richard Haking) 2nd The Worcestershire Regiment 2nd The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd The Highland Light Infantry 2nd The Connaught Rangers 6th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General R. H. Davies) 1st The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd The South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 1st The King's Royal Rifle Corps Artillery (Brigadier-General E. M. Perceval) XXXIV Brigade RFA XXXVI Brigade RFA XLI Brigade RFA XLIV (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 35th Heavy Battery, RGA B Squadron, 15th (The King's) Hussars 5th Field Company, RE 11th Field Company, RE
II Corps Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien
Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General George Forestier-Walker Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General A. H. Short Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General A. E. Sandbach
3rd Division Major-General Hubert I. W. Hamilton 7th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General F. W. N. McCracken) 3rd The Worcestershire Regiment 2nd The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 1st The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 2nd The Royal Irish Rifles 8th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General B. J. C. Doran) 2nd The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2nd The Royal Irish Regiment 4th The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1st The Gordon Highlanders 9th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General F. C. Shaw) 1st The Northumberland Fusiliers 4th The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1st The Lincolnshire Regiment 1st The Royal Scots Fusiliers Artillery (Brigadier-General F. D. V. Wing) XXIII Brigade RFA XL Brigade RFA XLII Brigade RFA XXX (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 48th Heavy Battery, RGA C Squadron, 15th (The King's) Hussars 56th Field Company, RE 57th Field Company, RE
5th Division Major-General Sir Charles Fergusson 13th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General G. J. Cuthbert) 2nd The King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1st The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 14th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General S. P. Rolt) 2nd The Suffolk Regiment 1st The East Surrey Regiment 1st The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2nd The Manchester Regiment 15th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General A. E. W. Count Gleichen) 1st The Norfolk Regiment 1st The Bedfordshire Regiment 1st The Cheshire Regiment 1st The Dorsetshire Regiment Artillery (Brigadier-General J. E. W. Headlam) XV Brigade RFA XXVII Brigade RFA XXVIII Brigade RFA VIII (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 108th Heavy Battery, RGA A Squadron, 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars 17th Field Company, RE 59th Field Company, RE
III Corps 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
4th Division Major-General T. D'O. Snow 10th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General J. A. L. Haldane) 1st The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) 1st Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 2nd The Royal Dublin Fusiliers 11th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General A. G. Hunter-Weston) 1st Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st The East Lancashire Regiment 1st The Hampshire Regiment 1st The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 12th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. F. M. Wilson) 1st King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd The Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd The Essex Regiment Artillery (Brigadier-General G. F. Milne) XIV Brigade RFA XXIX Brigade RFA XXXII Brigade RFA XXXVII (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 31st Heavy Battery, RGA B Squadron, 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars 7th Field Company, RE 9th Field Company, RE 19th Infantry Brigade (Major-General L. G. Drummond) 2nd The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1st The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
1st Cavalry Division Major-General Edmund Allenby
1st Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General C. J. Briggs) 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars 2nd Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. de Lisle) 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars 3rd Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General Hubert Gough) 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers 16th (The Queen's) Lancers 4th Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General Hon. C. E. Bingham) Household Cavalry Composite Regiment 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiners) 3rd (King's Own) Hussars Horse Artillery (Brigadier-General B. F. Drake) III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery VII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery 1st Field Squadron, RE
Army Troops
1st The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1st The Devonshire Regiment A Squadron, North Irish Horse B Squadron, North Irish Horse B Squadron, South Irish Horse 5th Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General Sir Philip Chetwode) 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers 20th Hussars J Battery, RHA 4th Field Squadron, RE Royal Garrison Artillery No. 1 Siege Battery No. 2 Siege Battery No. 3 Siege Battery No. 4 Siege Battery No. 5 Siege Battery No. 6 Siege Battery Royal Flying Corps (Brigadier-General Sir David Henderson) 2nd Aeroplane Squadron (Major C. J. Burke) 3rd Aeroplane Squadron (Major John Salmond) 4th Aeroplane Squadron (Major G. H. Rayleig) 5th Aeroplane Squadron 6th Aeroplane Squadron (Major John Becke)
French Armies
Général d’Armée Joseph Joffre
Fifth Army Général d’Armée Louis Franchet d'Espèrey
I Corps Général de Corps d’Armée Henry Victor Deligny 1st Infantry Division (Général de Division Marie Alexandre Gallet) 2nd Infantry Division (Général de Division Henry Victor Deligny thru 8 Sep, then Colonel Noël Garnier-Duplessix)
III Corps Général de Corps d’Armée Emile H. Hache 5th Infantry Division (Général de Brigade Charles Mangin) 6th Infantry Division (Général de Brigade Philippe Pétain) 37th Infantry Division (Général de Division Louis Comby)
X Corps Général de Corps d’Armée Gilbert Defforges 19th Infantry Division (Général de Division Henry Bailly) 20th Infantry Division (Général de Division Martial Adolphe Rogerie) 51st Reserve Division (Général de Division René Boutegourd)
XVIII Corps Général de Corps d’Armée Louis de Maud'huy 35th Infantry Division (Général Francois Marjoulet) 36th Infantry Division (Général Théophile Jouannic) 38th Infantry Division (Général de Division Paul Muteau)
IV Reserve Division Group Général de Division Mardochée Valabrègue 53rd Infantry Division (Général de Division Georges Perruchon, Général Journée) 69th Infantry Division (Général de Division Henri Le Gros)
Conneau Cavalry Corps Général de Corps d’Armée Louis Conneau 4th Cavalry Division (General Pierre Abonneau) 8th Cavalry Division (Général de Brigade Albert Baratier) 10th Cavalry Division (Général de Brigade Camille Barthélémy Grellet)
Sixth Army Général d’Armée Joseph Maunoury Military Governor of Paris: Général d’Armée Joseph Gallieni Chief of Staff: Général Guillemin
IV Corps Général de Corps d’Armée Victor R. Boelle 7th Infantry Division (Général de Division Edgard de Trentinian) 8th Infantry Division (Général de Division Raoul de Lartigue)
VII Corps Général de Corps d’Armée Frederic E. Vautier 14th Infantry Division (Général de Division Étienne de Villaret) 63rd Reserve Division (Général de Division Georges Gustave Lombard)
V Reserve Division Group Général de Division Henri J.A.B. de Lamaze 55th Reserve Division (Général Loius Leguay) 56th Reserve Division (Général de Brigade Théodore de Dartein)
VI Reserve Division Group 61st Reserve Division (Généra Céleste Deprez) 62nd Reserve Division (Général Marie F. Ganeval)
Cavalry Corps Sordet/Bridoux Général de Corps d’Armée André Sordet (thru 8 Sep) Général de Corps d’Armée Marie E. Bridoux 1st Cavalry Division 3rd Cavalry Division 5th Cavalry Division
45th Infantry Division Général Antoine M.B. Drude
Ninth Army Général d’Armée Ferdinand Foch Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-Colonel Weygand
IX Corps Général de Corps d’Armée Pierre Joseph Dubois 17th Infantry Division (Général de Division Noël Jean-Baptiste Dumas) 18th Infantry Division (Général Justinien Lefèvre) Moroccan Division (Général de Division Georges Louis Humbert) 52nd Reserve Division (Général de Division Hyacinthe C.J. Coquet, Général de Brigade Jules A.W.L. Battesti (assumed command on September 6)
XI Corps Général de Corps d’Armée 21st Infantry Division (Général de Division Rene Radiguet) 22nd Infantry Division (Général de Division Joseph Maurice Pambet) 60th Reserve Division (Général de Division Maurice Joppé)
XXI Corps Général de Corps d’Armée Émile E. Legrand-Girarde 13th Infantry Division (Général de Brigade Louis H.A. Baquet) 43rd Infantry Division (Général de Division Pierre E. Lanquetot)
9th Cavalry Division Général Jean de l'Espée
42nd Infantry Division Général Paul François Grossetti
German Armies
Chief of the Imperial German General Staff: Generaloberst Helmuth von Moltke