Marne halts German advance
September 6, 1914
Paris taxis ferried reinforcements to the front as Joffre's armies counterattacked along the Marne. The Germans pulled back twenty miles and dug in. The Schlieffen Plan, the war of quick movement, the dream of a short decisive campaign, all died in those six days. Four years of trench slaughter lay ahead for Europe.
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