FOOTNOTE:
[14] The following may be taken as the approximate strength of the armies engaged, allowing on the one hand for war wastage, and on the other for a filling up from reserves, which on the part of the Allies had been completed:—
| Germans. | |
| General von Kluck's Army (5 corps, Prussians) | 245,000 |
| 2nd and 9th Cavalry Divisions | 23,000 |
| General von Bülow's Army (4 corps, Prussians) | 180,000 |
| Cavalry of the Prussian Guard | 6,000 |
| General von Hausen's Army (3 corps, Saxons) | 165,000 |
| Duke Albert's Army (3 corps, Wurtembergers) | 150,000 |
| Crown Prince of Germany's Army (3 corps, Prussians) | 175,000 |
| Crown Prince of Bavaria's Army (3 corps, Bavarians) | 160,000 |
| ———— | |
| Approximate total | 1,104,000 |
| Allies. | |
| General Maunoury's Army (3 corps and reserves) | 140,000 |
| General French's Army (3 corps) | 110,000 |
| British Cavalry Divisions | 8,000 |
| General Conneau's Cavalry | 23,000 |
| General Desperey's Army (3 corps and reserves) | 150,000 |
| General Foch's Army (3 corps) | 120,000 |
| General de Langle's Army (3 corps and reserves) | 150,000 |
| General Serrail's Army (3 corps) | 120,000 |
| General Pau's Army (3 corps and reserves) | 140,000 |
| ———— | |
| Approximate total | 961,000 |
| Grand approximate total of combatants | 2,065,000 |
| ———— | |
| Approximate guns and mortars, Germans | 3,610 |
| Approximate guns and mortars, Allies | 3,680 |
| ——— | |
| Total | 7,290 |
The Allies were superior in field-guns, but had fewer howitzers, especially of the heavy type, and the aggregate weight of the German artillery was on the whole greater. The estimate given of the number of combatants is rather below than above the actual.