Battle of Mons
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The Battle of Mons, or the First Battle of Mons to differentiate it from another battle later in the war, was the first big engagement 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 the German Army on the French–German frontier. 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 forced to retreat due to being outnumbered 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 outskirts of Paris, before it counter-attacked in concert with the French, at the First Battle of the Marne.
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4th Bn Royal Fusiliers 22 August 1914
Nov 29 1915 - Illustrated London News The Ghostly Bowmen of Mons fight the Germans
Février 2007 060 59a
Février 2007 056 5Nov 29 1915 - Illustrated London News The Ghostly Bowmen of Mons fight the Germans
British Soldiers in action
CaptainCharles Hornby charging against German cavalrymen at Casteau 1914
German Pontoon Companies try to cross Mons Canal 1914
Map of the Battles of Mons and Charleroi
Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Henry Napier Settle (7697918614)| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | Siege of Thuin | siege | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1424 | Siege of Mons | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1572 | Siege of Mons | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1572 | Battle of Hautrage | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1578 | Siege of Nivelles | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1578 | Siege of Binche | siege, Union of Brussels, Army of Flanders | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1674 | Battle of Seneffe | Holy Roman Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1678 | Battle of Saint-Denis | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1691 | Siege of Mons | Holy Roman Empire, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1691 | Battle of Leuze | battle, Kingdom of England | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1692 | Battle of Steenkerque | battle, Kingdom of England | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1697 | Siege of Ath | Holy Roman Empire, battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1709 | Battle of Malplaquet | battle, Kingdom of Great Britain | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1745 | Siege of Ath | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1746 | Siege of Mons | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1792 | Battle of Quiévrain | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1792 | Battle of Jemappes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Siege of Condé | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Siege of Maubeuge | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Grandreng | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Erquelinnes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Siege of Condé | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1815 | Siege of Maubeuge | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Mons | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Siege of Maubeuge | siege | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort de la Haine | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de Thivencelle | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Ouvrage Eth | petit ouvrage | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Redoute de la Haine | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Redoute de Macou | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Redoute du Jard | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1934 | Ouvrage Bersillies | petit ouvrage | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1934 | Ouvrage La Salmagne | petit ouvrage, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Fort de Leveau | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Mons Memorial Museum | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Ancienne tour du Guet | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Tour Burbant | keep, fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | tour sarrazine | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | tour sarrazine de Saint-Waast | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Tour Simone | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | 1358 | Valenciennes Tower | fortified tower | Wikidata |
| commons | image | 4th Bn Royal Fusiliers 22 August 1914 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Nov 29 1915 - Illustrated London News The Ghostly Bowmen of Mons fight the Germans | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Février 2007 060 59a | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Février 2007 056 5 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Nov 29 1915 - Illustrated London News The Ghostly Bowmen of Mons fight the Germans | Commons | ||
| commons | image | British Soldiers in action | Commons | ||
| commons | image | CaptainCharles Hornby charging against German cavalrymen at Casteau 1914 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | German Pontoon Companies try to cross Mons Canal 1914 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Map of the Battles of Mons and Charleroi | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Henry Napier Settle (7697918614) | Commons | ||
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