CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE MARNE

Joffre’s Masterly Plan--The Enemy Trapped Between Verdun and Paris--Gallieni’s “Army in Taxicabs”--Foch, the “Savior of Civilization,” Appears--His Mighty Thrust Routs the Army of Hausen--Joffre Salutes Foch as “The First Strategist in Europe”--The Battle that Won the Baton of a Marshal 153