<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> First Battle of the Marne </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Western Front of World War I </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> German soldiers (wearing distinctive pickelhaube helmets with cloth covers) on the front line at the First Battle of the Marne . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 6--12 September 1914 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Marne River near Brasles, east of Paris, France 49 ° 1 ′ N 3 ° 23 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 49.017 ° N 3.383 ° E ﻿ / 49.017; 3.383 Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ N 3 ° 23 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 49.017 ° N 3.383 ° E ﻿ / 49.017; 3.383 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Decisive Franco - British victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joseph Joffre Joseph Gallieni </Td> <Td> Helmuth von Moltke </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1,071,000 39 French divisions 6 British divisions </Td> <Td> 1,485,000 (on 2 August) 27 German divisions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 250,000 (including 80,000 dead) 13,000 (including 1,700 dead) </Td> <Td> 250,000 (including 67,700 dead) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> First Battle of the Marne </Th> </Tr>

Where did the first battle of marne take place