Action at Néry
The Action at Néry was a skirmish fought on 1 September 1914 between the British Army and the German Army, part of the Great Retreat from Mons during the early stages of the First World War. A British cavalry brigade preparing to leave their overnight bivouac were attacked by a German cavalry division of about twice their strength shortly after dawn. Both sides fought dismounted; the British artillery was mostly put out of action in the first few minutes, but a single gun of L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery successfully kept up a steady fire for two and a half hours against a full battery of German artillery. British reinforcements arrived at around 8 am, counter-attacking the German forces and forcing them to retreat; the German division was routed and did not return to combat for several
sameAs
primaryTopic
Action at Néry
The Action at Néry was a skirmish fought on 1 September 1914 between the British Army and the German Army, part of the Great Retreat from Mons during the early stages of the First World War. A British cavalry brigade preparing to leave their overnight bivouac were attacked by a German cavalry division of about twice their strength shortly after dawn. Both sides fought dismounted; the British artillery was mostly put out of action in the first few minutes, but a single gun of L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery successfully kept up a steady fire for two and a half hours against a full battery of German artillery. British reinforcements arrived at around 8 am, counter-attacking the German forces and forcing them to retreat; the German division was routed and did not return to combat for several
has abstract
Als Gefecht bei Néry wird ein ...... Vorstoßes an die Marne statt.
@de
L'azione di Nèry fu un combatt ...... éry", come onore di battaglia.
@it
The Action at Néry was a skirm ...... have this as a battle honour.
@en
causalties
135 killed and wounded.
commander
date
1914-09-01
is part of military conflict
result
British victory
strength
c. 2,000 men and six guns
c. 5,200 men and twelve guns
thumbnail
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
27,671,548
Wikipage revision ID
694,803,915
bgcolor
Caption
An artist's impression of the last gun of L Battery in action.
casualties
Unknown casualties; 78 prisoners.
quote
source
units
subject
hypernym
point
49.282222222222224 2.779166666666667
comment
Als Gefecht bei Néry wird ein ...... Vorstoßes an die Marne statt.
@de
L'azione di Nèry fu un combatt ...... ente per i tedeschi, i rinforz
@it
The Action at Néry was a skirm ...... t return to combat for several
@en
label
Action at Néry
@en
Azione di Néry
@it
Gefecht bei Néry
@de
lat
4.9282222222222236e+1
long
2.779166666666667e+0
wasDerivedFrom
depiction
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Action at Néry
@en