| Inf. Bn. |
Cav. Sqn. |
Arty. Btry. |
Eng. | |
| 21 army corps | 612 | 128 | 642 | 169 |
| 3 independent divisions | 45 | 12 | 30 | 14 |
| 25 reserve divisions | 314 | 50 | 222 | 92 |
| 8 territorial field divisions | 96 | 16 | 48 | 8 |
| 4 territorial static divisions, 1 brigade (Paris) | 54 | 8 | 12 | - |
| 10 cavalry divisions | 10 | 232 | 30 | 20 |
| Army elements | 53 | 50 | 673 | 108 |
| Garrison troops | 341 | 49 | 417 | 97 |
| TOTAL | 1,525 | 545 | 1,468 | 508 |
| 20 army corps w/2 divisions (20 x 44,000) | 880,000 | 940,000 |
| 1 army corps w/3 divisions (60,000) | 60,000 | |
| 3 independent divisions (3 x 18,000) | 54,000 | 504,000 |
| 25 reserve divisions (25 x 18,000) | 450,000 | |
| 8 territorial field divisions (8 x 15,000) | 120,000 | 184,6000 |
| 4 territorial static divisions (8 x 14,500) | 58,000 | |
| 10 cavalry divisons (10 x 5,250) | 52,500 | |
| Total Combat | 1,681,000 | |
| Army elements | 187,500 | |
| Garrison and strongpoints | 821,400 | 1,031,400 |
| G.V.C. services | 210,000 | |
| Depots | 680,000 | |
| TOTAL | 3,580,000 |
| Active squadrons | |
| 79 regiments w/4 squadrons [1] | 316 |
| Type A reserve squadrons [2] | 90 |
| - 19 corps regiments (France) | 38 |
| - Algerian regiment, cavalry of 1st Colonial Corps | 2 |
| - Cavalry in 25 reserve divisions | 50 |
| Type B reserve squadrons [3] | 86 |
| - Cavalry in 12 territorial divisions | 24 |
| - Cavalry in strongpoints | 34 |
| - Stages | 13 |
| - Available | 15 |
| Total reserve squadrons [2-3] | 176 |
| Territorial squadrons [4] | 37 |
| Total squadrons in France [1-4] | 529 |
| Total squadrons in Africa [5] | 16 |
| TOTAL [1-5] | 545 |
| Active | Reserve | Territorial | Total | |
| Army corps [1] | 545 | 67 | - | 612 |
| Independent divisions [2] | 51 | 318 | 150 | 519 |
| - Active | 41 | 4 | - | 45 |
| - Reserve | - | 314 | - | 314 |
| - Territorial field | - | - | 96 | 96 |
| - Territorial static | - | - | 54 | 54 |
| - Cavalry (Bicycle groups) | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Total [1-2] | 596 | 385 | 150 | 1,131 |
| Available regiments [3] | - | - | 11 | 11 |
| Strongpoints [4] | 46 | 21 | 260 + 3 | 330 |
| - 1re Région | 3 | 2 | 30 | 35 |
| - 2e Région | 2 | - | 3 ½ | 5 ½ |
| - 3e Région | - | - | 3 ½ | 3 ½ |
| - 6e Région | 10 | - | 15 | 25 |
| - 7e Région | 6 | - | 38 | 44 |
| - 8e Région | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| - 10e Région | - | - | 5 ¼ | 5 ¼ |
| - 11e Région | - | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| - 14e Région | 8 | 6 | 51 ¼ | 65 ¼ |
| - 15e Région | 4 | 7 | 57 ½ | 68 ½ |
| - 16e Région | - | - | ¼ | ¼ |
| - 18e Région | - | - | 2 ¼ | 2 ¼ |
| - 20e Région | 9 | - | 15 ½ | 24 ½ |
| - 21e Région | 4 | - | 26 | 30 |
| Total [4-5] | 46 | 21 | 271 + 3 | 341 |
| Army elements [6] | 53 | |||
| TOTAL [1-6] | 1,525 |
| Towed (Active) | Towed (Reinf.) | Towed (Reserve) | Horse | Towed (Active) | Towed (Reserve) | Foot | Heavy | Total | |
| Army corps [1] | 629 | 10 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 642 |
| Independent divisions [2] | 15 | 216 | - | - | 14 | 7 | - | - | 252 |
| - Active | 15 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| - Reserve | - | 201 | - | - | 14 | 7 | - | - | 222 |
| Territorial divisions [3] | - | - | 60 | 30 | - | 7 | - | 67 | 164 |
| - Territorial field | - | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | 48 |
| - Territorial static | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| - Cavalry | - | - | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Heavy artillery [4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 67 | 67 |
| Strongpoints & Corsica [5] | - | - | 151 | - | 3 | 6 | 358 | 417 | |
| TOTAL [1-5] | 644 | 226 | 111 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 358 | 67 | 1,468 |
| 981 | 32 | ||||||||
| S.M. | P.G. | E.P. | S.T. | S.C.F. | Total | |
| Army corps [1] | 85 | 21 | 21 | - | - | 127 |
| Independent divisions [2] | 36 | 28 | 20 | - | - | 84 |
| - Active | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| - Reserve | 25 | 25 | 17 | - | - | 67 |
| - Territorial | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Strongpoints [3] | 83 + 2 ¼ | - | - | - | - | 83 + 2 ¼ |
| - 1re Région | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| - 2e Région | 1 ½ | - | - | - | - | 1 ½ |
| - 6e Région | 17 ½ | - | - | - | - | 17 ½ |
| - 7e Région | 11 ½ | - | - | - | - | 11 ½ |
| - 10e Région | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| - 11e Région | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| - 14e Région | 10 ¼ | - | - | - | - | 10 ¼ |
| - 15e Région | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| - 20e Région | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| - 21e Région | 9 ½ | - | - | - | - | 9 ½ |
| - G.M.P. | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Army elements [4] | - | 6 | 13 | 5 | 38 | 62 |
| Total units [1-4] | 206 | 55 | 54 | 5 | 38 | 358 |
| Detachments [5] | 150 | |||||
| - Sections de projecteurs (searchlight) | 23 | |||||
| - Détachements de S.T. | 102 | |||||
| - Sections techniques de télégraphie | 13 | |||||
| - Détachements de parc léger de siège | 2 | |||||
| - Détachements de sapeurs cyclistes de divisions de cavalerie | 10 | |||||
| TOTAL [1-5] | 508 |
Notes:
(1) For figurres to add up with Artillery (by Type) it must be assumed that 14 batteries of Artillerie Coloniale were based in France and are included in the Artillerie à Pied figure in the previous table which is taken directly from original source.
(2) 3 batteries of of Morrocan towed and 4 batteries of mountain artillery were part of Artillerie Coloniale units. 4 additional batteries were based in France.
(3) The mobilization plan included a further 176 heavy artillery batteries to be mobilized between October 1914 and 1 January 1915.
(4) Unable to find english translations of engineer unit acronyms.
Source: Adapted from Les Armées Françaises dans la Grande Guerre (Tome I, Volume 1).