history · 08 September 1914 · 111 years ago
During Battle of the Marne, a change in the German attack exposed their flank and the French 6th Army, under General Michel-Joseph Maunoury, commandeered 600 Paris taxis to make an opportunist attack. The other Allied forces did not hear of the tactical switch and continued to fall back. A German counterattack at the centre of the line threw back the French under Marshal Foch.
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