strikeagainst the retreating French army’s flank instead of cutting the BEF off. The Germansmet the flank heavily and the French defended the same way. That same day, Paris was brought under military jurisdiction. Everyone wasforced to work in the cities defense. The German army was stopped at Guise, but on theleft-wing the BEF troops continued to retreat. During his time the Germans were notfollowing the Channel, they were not even aiming for Paris, but for the BEF and Frenchtroops. The same day as Tennenberg, orders were given to abandon Paris . The advance of the Germans was causing holes in the armies, reenforcements werenot on time in arriving and consequently the ranks were thinning. Kluck stood his groundand did not head for Paris, even though the armies were out of supplies. By turning awayfrom Paris Germany exposed their flank to the others. General Lanrezac was replaced byFranchet d’Esperey; on September 5, the French decided to throw a full attack upon theGermans station north of the Marne. But, the British would not cooperate and retreatedanother 15 miles. Despite the British’s stubbornness, the French attacked anyway. Theembarrassed British commander ordered his troops to retrace their steps and join theFrench. The Battle of Marne ended a German retreat and afterwards time was on the sideof the French, their allies and the Americans who would later join the army. About the Author What I thought“The Guns of August” was given to me by my History teacher a few months ago. He told us to read it and then write a report, this report actually, about it. Upon hearinghim and then taking a look at the book I held in my hands, a soft groan was suppressed bymy lips. Now that I look back onto that time I can understand why I felt that way, thisbook is very long and is not at all a...
