Mons 1914: Britain's Tactical Triumph (Praeger Illustrated Military History) - Hardcover

Lomas, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0275982904 ISBN 13: 9780275982904

Verlag: Praeger Publishers Inc, 2004

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Book by Lomas David

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The first major clash of the Great War, Mons came as a nasty shock to the Imperial German Army. Assured by their commanders that they would sweep the French and their British allies in the British Expeditionary Force--"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. David Lomas examines not just the battle of Mons itself but also the ensuing British retreat, the battle of Le Cateau and several smaller engagements. The British Expeditionary Force of 1914 was one of the most highly trained armies ever fielded by the United Kingdom: having been denied the requested number of machine-guns due to financial considerations its soldiers had been taught to fire 15 aimed shots per minute, in some cases more, from their excellent Lee Enfield rifles. It was this high degree of proficiency that was to serve them well when attacked by closely packed bodies of German infantry at Mons. Although some commentators have argued that the battle was insignificant in the effect it had on the German advance, nevertheless it has gone down in British military history as a name comparable with Waterloo or Dunkirk: in desperate times this was where the British Army proved itself against the might of a much larger force. This book does full justice to that victory against the odds.

Biografía del autor:

DAVID LOMAS is the pen name of Deborah Lake who currently lives and works in Northumberland.

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• Verlag: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0275982904
• ISBN 13: 9780275982904
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96