Note 14 — Chapter IV · THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE
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The following may be taken as the approximate strength of the armies engaged, allowing on the one hand for war wastage, and on the other for a filling up from reserves, which on the part of the Allies had been completed:—
Germans.
General von Kluck's Army (5 corps, Prussians) 245,000
2nd and 9th Cavalry Divisions 23,000
General von Bülow's Army (4 corps, Prussians) 180,000
Cavalry of the Prussian Guard 6,000
General von Hausen's Army (3 corps, Saxons) 165,000
Duke Albert's Army (3 corps, Wurtembergers) 150,000
Crown Prince of Germany's Army (3 corps, Prussians) 175,000
Crown Prince of Bavaria's Army (3 corps, Bavarians) 160,000
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Approximate total 1,104,000
Allies.
General Maunoury's Army (3 corps and reserves) 140,000
General French's Army (3 corps) 110,000
British Cavalry Divisions 8,000
General Conneau's Cavalry 23,000
General Desperey's Army (3 corps and reserves) 150,000
General Foch's Army (3 corps) 120,000
General de Langle's Army (3 corps and reserves) 150,000
General Serrail's Army (3 corps) 120,000
General Pau's Army (3 corps and reserves) 140,000
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Approximate total 961,000
Grand approximate total of combatants 2,065,000
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Approximate guns and mortars, Germans 3,610
Approximate guns and mortars, Allies 3,680
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Total 7,290
The Allies were superior in field-guns, but had fewer howitzers, especially of the heavy type, and the aggregate weight of the German artillery was on the whole greater. The estimate given of the number of combatants is rather below than above the actual.