Mons

Mons
Author: John Terraine
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2000-01-17
Genre: Mons, 1st Battle of, Mons, Belgium, 1914
ISBN: 9781840222432

Twice in the 20th century, a British Expeditionary Force has taken the field in Northern France to fight beside the French Army. Twice, the Expeditionary Force has survived threat of complete destruction. But the differences between the Retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and the first encounter with the enemy at Mons in 1914 are significant.

Riding the Retreat

Riding the Retreat
Author: Richard Holmes
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2007
Genre: Belgium
ISBN: 1845951093

The retreat of the British Expeditionary Force from Mons in the early months of the First World War is one of the great dramas of European history. Blending his recreation of the military campaign with contemporary testimony and an account of his own ride over the route, Richard Holmes takes the reader on a unique journey - to glimpse the summer the old world ended.

The Retreat from Mons

The Retreat from Mons
Author: George Stuart Gordon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1917
Genre: Mons, 1st Battle of, Mons, Belgium, 1914
ISBN:

Mons 1914

Mons 1914
Author: David Lomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2012-09-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1782004440

Alongside maps and carefully-chosen archive photography, David Lomas explores The British Expeditionary Force's presence during the battle of Mons and thereafter. When the First World War broke out in August 1914 the Imperial German Army mistakenly assumed that the BEF – 'that contemptible little army' – would be easily defeated. They were stopped in their tracks by the numerically inferior British force, whose excellent marksmanship cost the closed packed German ranks dear. Eventually forced to fall back by overwhelming German numbers, the British carried out a masterful fighting retreat across Belgium and northern France. At Mons, nine and a half British battalions held four German divisions at bay for an entire day. This book examines not just the battle of Mons itself but also the ensuing British retreat including the actions at Le Cateau and Villers-Cotterêts.

The Retreat from Mons

The Retreat from Mons
Author: A. Corbett-smith
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2017-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781976241321

The Retreat from Mons

The Retreat from Mons

The Retreat from Mons
Author: Corbett-Smith Arthur
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2016-05-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781355617815

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