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Author | : Richard Holmes |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Belgium |
ISBN | : 1845951093 |
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The retreat of the British Expeditionary Force from Mons in the early months of the First World War is one of the great dramas of European history. Blending his recreation of the military campaign with contemporary testimony and an account of his own ride over the route, Richard Holmes takes the reader on a unique journey - to glimpse the summer the old world ended.
Author | : John Terraine |
Publisher | : Wordsworth Editions |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2000-01-17 |
Genre | : Mons, 1st Battle of, Mons, Belgium, 1914 |
ISBN | : 9781840222432 |
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Twice in the 20th century, a British Expeditionary Force has taken the field in Northern France to fight beside the French Army. Twice, the Expeditionary Force has survived threat of complete destruction. But the differences between the Retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and the first encounter with the enemy at Mons in 1914 are significant.
Author | : David Lomas |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2012-09-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782004440 |
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Alongside maps and carefully-chosen archive photography, David Lomas explores The British Expeditionary Force's presence during the battle of Mons and thereafter. When the First World War broke out in August 1914 the Imperial German Army mistakenly assumed that the BEF – 'that contemptible little army' – would be easily defeated. They were stopped in their tracks by the numerically inferior British force, whose excellent marksmanship cost the closed packed German ranks dear. Eventually forced to fall back by overwhelming German numbers, the British carried out a masterful fighting retreat across Belgium and northern France. At Mons, nine and a half British battalions held four German divisions at bay for an entire day. This book examines not just the battle of Mons itself but also the ensuing British retreat including the actions at Le Cateau and Villers-Cotterêts.
Author | : Arthur Corbett-Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George Stuart Gordon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Mons, 1st Battle of, Mons, Belgium, 1914 |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ben Macintyre |
Publisher | : Delta |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2003-02-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0385336799 |
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In the first terrifying days of World War I, four British soldiers found themselves trapped behind enemy lines on the western front. They were forced to hide in the tiny French village of Villeret, whose inhabitants made the courageous decision to shelter the fugitives until they could pass as Picard peasants. The Englishman’s Daughter is the never-before-told story of these extraordinary men, their protectors, and of the haunting love affair between Private Robert Digby and Claire Dessenne, the most beautiful woman in Villeret. Their passion would result in the birth of a child known as “The Englishman’s Daughter,” and in an act of unspeakable betrayal, a tragic legacy that would haunt the village for generations to come. Through the testimonies of the villagers and the last letters of the soldiers, acclaimed journalist Ben Macintyre has pieced together a harrowing account of how life was lived behind enemy lines during the Great War, and offers a compelling solution to a gripping mystery that reverberates to this day.
Author | : A. Corbett-Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Arthur Machen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Apparitions |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jerred Metz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Apparitions |
ISBN | : 9780933439023 |
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In 1915, Harold Begbie wrote, " ... One of the most widely known events [of The Great War is] the appearance of St. George and angel-warriors fighting in defence of the British (at) Mons." After the battle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and W.B. Yeats determine the story is true, with enough evidence to satisfy Churchill. Soldiers from another time emerged from the very soil to support the British and were seen by British and Germans, alike. Among those who testified to their presence was the brother of Lady Doyle, Malcolm Leckie, in spirit, who had died from the wound he received there. The gathered testimony confirmed, even to the sceptic, Holmes, that England had the angels on her side.
Author | : Arthur Corbett-Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2017-08-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781375596251 |
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