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Author: Richard Holmes Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1845951093 Category : Belgium Languages : en Pages : 346
Book Description
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.
Author: Richard Holmes Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1845951093 Category : Belgium Languages : en Pages : 346
Book Description
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.
Author: John Terraine Publisher: Wordsworth Editions ISBN: 9781840222432 Category : Mons, 1st Battle of, Mons, Belgium, 1914 Languages : en Pages : 228
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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.
Author: David Lomas Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1782004440 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 233
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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.
Author: Corbett-Smith Arthur Publisher: Palala Press ISBN: 9781355617815 Category : Languages : en Pages : 284
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Author: Richard Holmes
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