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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.
In both August 1914 and November 1918, the region was the scene of clashes between Commonwealth troops and German soldiers. Mons, the capital of the province of Hainaut, endured occupation for over four years. Table of Contents. 1 The Battle of Mons: 23 August 1914. 2 The Legend of the Angels of Mons. 3 Occupied Mons.
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John French, 1st earl of Ypres. Alexander von Kluck. Charles Lanrezac. Battle of Mons, (August 23, 1914) engagement between the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the German army at Mons, Belgium, during the Battle of the Frontiers in the opening weeks of World War I.
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Dec 20, 2017 · On the morning of Sunday, August 23, 1914, a German cavalry patrol rode out of the mist toward the canal at Nimy. The cavalry were an important military unit at the start of the war. They used their mobility to get ahead of the infantry and exploit breakthroughs in the enemy lines.
Many ceremonies, every summer, pay tribute to the thousands of soldiers who fell during the Battle of Mons. Come and join us to keep the memory of World War I in Wallonia for present and future generations.
On the evening of 24 August, a page of history was written in Mons. Each claimed the glory, each claimed victory, each wanted to wear the name on his coat of arms. For Mons and the Mons population, for the Borinage and the North of France, on this mournful day when the guns fall silent, when the battle moves away, the curfew is imposed by the ...
