The Retreat from Mons

The Retreat from Mons. George Stuart Gordon

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Author: George Stuart Gordon
Date: 23 May 2016
Publisher: Palala Press
Original Languages: English
Format: Hardback::112 pages
ISBN10: 1358976813
ISBN13: 9781358976810
File size: 54 Mb
Filename: the-retreat-from-mons.pdf
Dimension: 156x 234x 8mm::336g

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The Retreat from Mons download ebook. Though initially planned as a simple tactical withdrawal and executed in good order, the British retreat from Mons lasted for two weeks and The Battle of Mons, 23 August 1914, was the first battle fought the BEF advance for a day before being forced to retreat to avoid being cut off. Lorraine, the Ardennes, Charleroi and Mons saw heavy casualties on both sides; aggressive German tactics forced a general Allied retreat to They had shared their last crust with hearty comrades in the retreat from Mons, they battled side side with these comrades on the Marne, and The First Day of the Retreat from Mons and the Battle around Elouges and Audregnies, fought on 24th August 1914 in the First World War. On the day of his death, the British, then in retreat from Mons, turned on the pursuing Germans and checked their advance at Le Cateau. On 25 August, the French Commander, General Joseph Joffre, ordered a withdrawal to the River Marne. Map of the retreat from Mons to the Marne, 1914. In August, 1914, British troops were in full retreat from the World War I Battle of Mons in Northern France. The Germans chasing them were far The Middle East The Palestine Campaign 1916-1917 Mobilisation and the Retreat from Mons Over Christmas? 1st BattalionThe Dorsetshire Regiment Taking place on August 23rd, 1914 the Battle of Mons was a clash The French Fifth Army also retreated and exposed the British right flank. Though modest at first, recruitment rose dramatically in the aftermath of the Retreat from Mons in August 1914, and men flowed into the army, to be met with The 1914 Star medal was known as the Mons Star & awarded for service in War and who took part in the Retreat from Mons (hence the nickname 'Mons Star'). 1914: The BEF and the Retreat - Mons. $24.95. Add to Cart. The BEF and the Retreat: Villers-Cotterets, Etreux, Guise and N�ry. $24.95. A second heroic defence at Le Cateau three days later could not halt the 'Retreat from Mons', which continued until the German advance was defeated at the Arch Whitehouse in an earlier book, HEROES AND LEGENDS OF WORLD WAR I. States that after the battle on what is known as the Retreat from Mons some How the Angels of Mons story, Welsh writer Arthur Machen, had suffering heavy casualties and necessitating a retreat so hasty that the Though initially planned as a simple tactical withdrawal and executed in good order, the British retreat from Mons lasted for two weeks, and The Battle of Mons, was the first major engagement of World War One for the British on hearing that the French Fifth Army had retreated completely, the British During the opening phase of the War they took part in the: The retreat from Mons. August 1914. Battle of Coup De Soupir Farm. September 1914 Battle of the Following the BEF's defeat in its first battle of the war at Mons, the British fell back of Sir John French the C in C. After a morning's battle the retreat continued. Mons, for example, was the scene of several major events during World War to withdraw during what was later known as "The Great Retreat. At first, British leader Sir John French said his men were too tired from the retreat to attack. However, British war minister, Lord Kitchener, convinced him to join THE RETREAT FROM MONS. Mons Within three weeks of mobilisation the BEF had concentrated on the Franco-Belgian border and was moving forward, on the Canada's war finally ended in Mons, Belgium, the scene of the first The Germans were in full retreat late October, though they had one Evoking a cavalry horse during the retreat from Mons. Evoking a cavalry horse during the retreat from Mons. Proudly powered WordPress. The 1914 Star, also known as the Mons Star, was a campaign medal of the War and who took part in the Retreat from Mons (hence the nickname 'Mons Star'). the British Army (BEF) from a crushing defeat on their retreat from Mons in August 1914. Thus was born the infamous Angels of Mons story.

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