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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
Book Description
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: Jerred Metz Publisher: ISBN: 9780933439023 Category : Apparitions Languages : en Pages : 230
Book Description
In 1915, Harold Begbie wrote, " ... One of the most widely known events [of The Great War is] the appearance of St. George and angel-warriors fighting in defence of the British (at) Mons." After the battle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and W.B. Yeats determine the story is true, with enough evidence to satisfy Churchill. Soldiers from another time emerged from the very soil to support the British and were seen by British and Germans, alike. Among those who testified to their presence was the brother of Lady Doyle, Malcolm Leckie, in spirit, who had died from the wound he received there. The gathered testimony confirmed, even to the sceptic, Holmes, that England had the angels on her side.
Author: Richard Holmes
Author: Richard Holmes
Author: John Terraine
Author: Arthur Corbett-Smith
Author: David Lomas
Author: George Stuart Gordon
Author: A. Corbett-Smith
Author: Arthur Corbett-Smith
Author: A. Corbett-smith
Author: Jerred Metz
Author: Arthur Machen