Battle of Mons
The Battle of Mons was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the First World War. It was a subsidiary action of the Battle of the Frontiers, in which the Allies clashed with Germany on the French borders. At Mons, the British Army attempted to hold the line of the Mons–Condé Canal against the advancing German 1st Army. Although the British fought well and inflicted disproportionate casualties on the numerically superior Germans, they were eventually forced to retreat due both to the greater strength of the Germans and the sudden retreat of the French Fifth Army, which exposed the British right flank. Though initially planned as a simple tactical withdrawal and executed in good order, the British retreat from Mons lasted for two weeks and took the BEF to the out
15th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
1st Army (German Empire)
1st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
2nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
3rd Division (United Kingdom)
5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
Ewald von Lochow
George Edwin Ellison
Horace Smith-Dorrien
III Corps (German Empire)
II Corps (German Empire)
II Corps (United Kingdom)
IV Corps (German Empire)
IX Corps (German Empire)
I Corps (United Kingdom)
John Kendrick Skinner
Max von Fabeck
Oskar Niemeyer
Thomas Highgate
Thomas Seller Wallace
Tom Bridges
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Battle of Mons
The Battle of Mons was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the First World War. It was a subsidiary action of the Battle of the Frontiers, in which the Allies clashed with Germany on the French borders. At Mons, the British Army attempted to hold the line of the Mons–Condé Canal against the advancing German 1st Army. Although the British fought well and inflicted disproportionate casualties on the numerically superior Germans, they were eventually forced to retreat due both to the greater strength of the Germans and the sudden retreat of the French Fifth Army, which exposed the British right flank. Though initially planned as a simple tactical withdrawal and executed in good order, the British retreat from Mons lasted for two weeks and took the BEF to the out
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A Batalha de Mons foi o primei ...... ranceses, na Batalha do Marne.
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De Slag bij Bergen (1914) is ...... abijheid van Bergen in België.
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Die Schlacht bei Mons fand vom ...... eder herausgehoben besprochen.
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Dnia 23 sierpnia 1914 wysłane ...... się legenda o Aniołach z Mons.
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Il template {{Coord}} ha risco ...... irata verso Parigi e la Marna.
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La bataille de Mons est une ba ...... première bataille de la Marne.
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La batalla de Mons fue el prim ...... tirada hacia París y el Marne.
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The Battle of Mons was the fir ...... h, at the Battle of the Marne.
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Битва при Монсе — сражение на ...... ости видели призрачные фигуры.
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معركة مونس أول المهمات الكبرى ...... رنسيين في معركة المارن الأولى.
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1914-08-23
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See the Aftermath section
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1 cavalry brigade
1 cavalry division
3 cavalry divisions
total: 160,000 men and 600 guns
total: 80,000 men and 300 guns
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Belgium and northern France 1914
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"A" Company of the 4th Battali ...... rst Victoria Cross of the war.
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A Batalha de Mons foi o primei ...... ranceses, na Batalha do Marne.
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De Slag bij Bergen (1914) is ...... abijheid van Bergen in België.
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Die Schlacht bei Mons fand vom ...... eder herausgehoben besprochen.
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Dnia 23 sierpnia 1914 wysłane ...... się legenda o Aniołach z Mons.
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Il template {{Coord}} ha risco ...... tabiliti dal piano Schlieffen.
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La bataille de Mons est une ba ...... s la guerre de Crimée en 1856.
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La batalla de Mons fue el prim ...... lecidos en el plan Schlieffen.
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The Battle of Mons was the fir ...... ks and took the BEF to the out
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Битва при Монсе — сражение на ...... ри, но был вынужден отступить.
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معركة مونس أول المهمات الكبرى ...... رنسيين في معركة المارن الأولى.
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Bataille de Mons
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Batalha de Mons
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Batalla de Mons
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Battaglia di Mons
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Battle of Mons
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Bitwa pod Mons (1914)
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Schlacht bei Mons
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Slag bij Bergen (1914)
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Битва при Монсе
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معركة مونس
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Battle of Mons
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