Research Catalog

Title

Mons 1914 : the BEF's tactical triumph / David Lomas, Ed Dovey.

Author

Lomas, David

Publication

London : Osprey, 1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

Dovey, Ed.

Description

96 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"The first major clash of the Great War, Mons came as a nasty shock to the Imperial German Army. Assured by their command that they would sweep the French and their British allies in the BEF -- 'that contemptible little army', into the sea in a matter of weeks; they were stopped in their tracks at Mons by a numerically inferior British force. Eventually forced to fall back by overwhelming German numbers, the British carried out a masterful fighting retreat across Belgium and northern France"--Page 4 of cover.

Series Statement

Osprey military campaign series ; 49

Uniform Title

Osprey military campaign series 49.

Subject

• 1914-1918
• Geschichte
• Mons, 1st Battle of, Mons, Belgium, 1914
• World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Belgium
• Mons, 1st Battle of, Mons, Belgium, 1914

Genre/Form

Bildband.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Origins of the campaign -- Opposing commanders. The British commanders -- The French commanders -- The German commanders -- Opposing armies. The British -- The French -- The Germans -- Orders of battle -- The opposing plans. Germany's Schlieffen Plan -- The French Plan XVII and the role of the BEF -- The campaign. The arrival of the BEF -- Lanrezac's change of plan -- The Battle of Mons. The opening shots -- Defence of la Bois Haut -- The battle for the canal -- Blowing the bridges -- The retreat begins. II Corps runs into trouble -- The repulse of the German 6th Division -- The 5th Division faces von Kluck -- The Flank Guard action at Elouges -- Retreat to Le Cateau -- Landrecies -- Le Cateau. The decision to fight -- The battlefield -- The battle begins -- The left flank -- The retreat -- Saving the guns -- Aftermath. Etreux -- N?ry -- Villers-Cotter?ts -- Wargaming Mons -- The battlefield today.

ISBN

1855325519 (pbk)

LCCN

gb^98037831^

OCLC

• 38209245
• SCSB-12353927

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library