The Battle of Mons – fought on August 23, 110 years ago on Friday – wasn’t trench warfare, like the later battles of the First World War. It was a mobile battle, ...

One of these was Mons Badonicus, which Bede says was forty-four years after the first Anglo-Saxon settlement in Britain, which would have coincided with the Roman emperors Marcian and Valentinian, ...

T he first great field battle of World War I took place at Mons in Belgium, where a victorious German army, driving hard after the outgeneraled and defeated Allies, came up with Britain’s ...

The battle of Mons had begun. Skirmishing continued throughout the morning, as the German 1st Army of General von Kluck brought more men and more artillery for an all-out assault on the British ...

Scotland's History Early Scotland The Battle of Mons Graupius. The Battle of Mons Graupius – 84 AD. The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on ...

Battle of Mons revelations: ‘It was every man for himself’ | The Century Ireland project is an online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of Irish life a century ago ...

The Battle of Mons was a shocking setback for the British Expeditionary Force. Yet somehow, like Dunkirk 26 years later, the defeat and subsequent retreat became a cherished symbol of heroism and ...

Battle of Mons revelations: ‘It was every man for himself’ | The Century Ireland project is an online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of Irish life a century ago ...