✦ History

Part of World War I

First Battle of the Aisne

September 13–28, 1914 · First Battle of the Aisne

Result Indecisive

The Allies followed the Germans back from the Marne and attacked their new line on the Chemin des Dames; both sides dug in, the start of trench warfare.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

France
United Kingdom
German Empire
Joseph Joffre military commander John French military commander Louis Franchet d'Espèrey military commander Michel-Joseph Maunoury military commander
Alexander von Kluck military commander Karl von Bülow military commander Josias von Heeringen military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
343,000
Casualties
50,000

Units

5th Army (France) British Expeditionary Force (World War I) French Sixth Army (1914–1918) I Corps (United Kingdom) II Corps (United Kingdom) 1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) 1st Infantry Division (France) 2nd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 38th Infantry Division (France) 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 55th Infantry Division (France) 8th Infantry Division (France)
1st Army (German Empire) 2nd Army (German Empire) 3rd Army (German Empire) 7th Army (German Empire) 18th Division (German Empire) 19th Division (German Empire)