World War I

The Retreat from Mons

Gordon, George Stuart, 1881-1942; French, John Denton Pinkstone, Earl of Ypres, 1852-1925 [Author of introduction, etc.]· 4 chapters· 12,188 words

I am told that it has been thought advisable to publish short accounts in pamphlet form of prominent and important operations which have been carried on during the course of the war which is still raging.

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2. Part 2

The attack had now spread along the whole line of the canal; but except at the loop the enemy could make no impression. There, however, numbers told at last, and about the middl...

1. Part 1

I am told that it has been thought advisable to publish short accounts in pamphlet form of prominent and important operations which have been carried on during the course of the...

3. Part 3

The infantry retirement, though thus partial and irregular, was progressively carried out according to orders, and by four o'clock in the afternoon most of the line had been cle...

4. Part 4

On September 2, very early in the morning, the Army was once more on the move. September 1 had been a hard day, and at one time something like a general engagement was threatene...