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Ellison was 40, a seasoned veteran, a front-line soldier throughout the war. He fought in the first Battle of Mons, in 1914, when the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) stood in the path of the ...

What we call The Battle of Mons turned into a long and terrible retreat with Britain’s finest fighting men facing total annihilation. Pursued by the Germans they pulled back over two hundred ...

The Romans invaded Caledonia (Scotland) in 79 AD. Caledonian tribes pushed back and fought against the Romans in a famous battle called Mons Graupius in 83 AD. But who won and did victory last?