Talk:Order of battle of the First Battle of the Marne

French and German order of battle
French and German strength are very underestimated : in his own memoirs, Joffre stated that the counteroffensive involved the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th French armies, counting 51 divisions on the 6th of september and 64 divisions on the 9th (due to shifts from the right to the left). Here it seems only the 5th, 6th and 9th army are counted. The same for the German : the first battle of the Marne involved the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th German armies and not only the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ones. The 3rd and 4th French armies launched attacks in order to contain the 4th and 5th German armies and avoid reinforcement to the German right wing. This a copy paste of my comment on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:First_Battle_of_the_Marne. 207.45.249.138 (talk) 09:50, 31 January 2017 (UTC)