Military art print of the Royal Horse Guards on the
retreat from Mons during the 1st World War.
Retreat From Mons by Lady Butler.
The battle of Mons was the first major battle
fought by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). The BEF had advanced
along a 20 mile front along the Mons canal, and were on there left flank
of the French 5th army. But when the French army had been defeated
at the Battle of the Sambre on the 22nd August . The British
commander Sir John French agreed to hold his position until the morning of
the 23rd. the BEF were attacked by the German first Army
. The German infantry advance was repelled by the British infantry.
and sustained very large losses and th4e British lost 1600 killed or
wounded. But with the French forces retreating the British forces
had no alternative but to retreat also. and on the morning of the 24th
August they began retreating to the outskirts of Paris over a fourteen day
period.
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