The First Battle of the Marne marked the end of the German sweep into France and the beginning of the trench warfare that was to characterise World War One. Germany's grand Schlieffen Plan to ...

The first shots of World War One are fired in Africa ... French and British soldiers counterattack along the line of the River Marne. After bloody battles, with over 250,000 casualties on both ...

After piper Malcolm Campbell was shot and left for dead during World War One, he credited his bagpipes with helping to save ...

Alasdair Campbell is proud to be playing pipes his great-grandfather carried into battle in World War One After piper Malcolm ... bodies following the Battle of Marne in France in 1914, his ...