Less visited than the more famous Ypres, this atmospheric Belgian city is a monument to the outnumbered BEF’s first great battle William Cook writes about European travel for The Telegraph, with a ...
No matter how many novels and films have dealt with his figure, some in a fantastic tone, others more realistic, it is very difficult to establish King Arthur’s degree of historicity. Some historians ...
Mons was the Agincourt of 1914, another heroic stand against the odds. Having spent 10 weary days marching through dusty France, 70,000 men of the British Expeditionary Force, or BEF, reached the ...
After the inconclusive opening engagements of the Battle of the Frontiers earlier in the month, from August 21 to 23, 1914, the Allied armies of France and Britain ran headlong into reality at the ...
MEMORIES and artifacts of the Battle of Mons are being sought by Sefton Council. In 2014, the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Mons will take place and special centenary celebrations are taking ...
Further revelations of the appalling losses suffered by the Royal Dublin Fusiliers have emerged at Mons. A weary band of 42 Fusiliers have arrived at Naas, Co. Kildare and their arrival could not have ...
It was years before Chris Poole discovered what happened to his father during the Battle of Mons 100 years ago today, reports STEPHEN LEWIS. ONE HUNDRED years ago today, British and German soldiers ...
Scotland's History Early Scotland The Battle of Mons Graupius The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page ...
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