General Foch at The Marne. An Account of the Fighting in and near the Marshes of Saint-Gond

This book was translated from the French by Lucy Menzies. The original, entitled "Les Marais de Saint-Gond", was published in 1917. The book proposes that one of the outstanding features of the First Battle of The Marne was Foch's masterly handling of the Ninth Army. At the outbreak of the war he had been a Corps Commander. The Translator also suggests that Foch won the battle, simply because he would not admit himself defeated, since he always believed that he could win it. Even when forced to retire for three successive days, he renewed the offensive each morning, and finally when the enemy made one false step, Foch fell on him with lightning rapidity. For us, the value of this book is that it is an absolutely contemporary account of the battle.