 In total, taxis helped transport approximately 4,000 men, or five battalions to the battle.Although the Marne taxis were used to transport members of the 62nd Division, its public prominence was largely due to the improvised nature of the effort.Analysis of the battle typically view the role of the taxis' as marginal in the overall course of the battle; as the bulk of the 150,000 soldiers in the French 6th Army had already been brought to the battle earlier by train.