23 August 1914
Battle of Mons
The German First Army suffer heavy losses but force the British to retreat. Orders 150,000 soldiers to attack British positions
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Mons in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The German First Army suffer heavy losses but force the British to retreat. Orders 150,000 soldiers to attack British positions
The German First Army suffer heavy losses but force the British to retreat
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and Mons. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
This database is a research index. For formal scholarly citation, verify individual claims against appropriate primary, archival, academic or specialist sources.