Retreat of I Corps 1914

by Jerry Murland

On 23 August 1914 it was only the two divisions of General Smith-Dorrien's II Corps that were directly engaged with the German First Army along the line of the Mons-Conde Canal. As the British Expeditionary Force withdrew from Mons and bivouacked around Bavay on 25 August, Sir John French and his GHQ advisors - unsure of the condition of the routes through the For t de Mormal - ordered the British Expeditionary Force to continue their retirement the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783463732
• ISBN13: 9781783463732
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"