From the ArcaMax Publishing, Trivia Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/trivia/s-457075-127508

How did soldiers arrive at the WWI Battle of Marne?

Soldiers arrived to fight the Battle of Marne in World War I -- not on foot or by military airplane or military vehicle -- but by taxi cabs. France took over all the taxi cabs in Paris to get soldiers to the front.

This news arrived on: 12/06/2008

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