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Author : Walter Bloem
language : en
Publisher: Helion & Company Limited
Release Date : 2004
The Advance From Mons 1914 written by Walter Bloem and has been published by Helion & Company Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Here is an outstanding personal memoir penned by a German infantry officer recalling his experiences during the initial days and weeks of the war in the West, July-September 1914. Walter Bloem was a Captain in the German 12th Grenadier Regiment (Royal Prussian Grenadier Regiment Prinz Carl von Preußen, 2nd Brandenburg, Nr 12 - to give his unit its full title). His narrative gives a superb insight into the outbreak of war and his regiment's mobilisation, followed by the advance through Belgium and France, including the author's participation at the battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne. His account of what it was like to face Britain's 'Old Contemptibles' at Mons is particularly valuable. Before the war, the author was a novelist, and The Advance from Mons clearly shows this - it is written with a great eye for detail, careful yet vivid descriptions abound and importantly, from a historical perspective, the book was penned whilst Herr Bloem convalesced from a wound he received at the battle of the Aisne. Such was the quality of his writing, that J.E. Edmonds, the British official historian of the Great War commented: "Some of the scenes ... are so truly and vividly depicted that I gave translations of them in the Official History, feeling that they could not be bettered."
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Author : Walter Bloem
language : en
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Release Date : 2020-11-02
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This is an outstanding personal memoir penned by a German infantry officer recalling his experiences during the initial days and weeks of the war in the West, July-September 1914. Walter Bloem was a Captain in the German 12th Grenadier Regiment. His narrative gives a superb insight into the outbreak of war and his regiment's mobilisation, followed by the advance through Belgium and France, including the author's participation at the battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne. His account of what it was like to face Britain's 'Old Contemptibles' at Mons is particularly valuable, and was used in the British Official History.
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Author : Walter Bloem
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
The Advance From Mons 1914 written by Walter Bloem and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Mons 1914
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Author : David Lomas
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-09-20
Mons 1914 written by David Lomas and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-20 with History categories.
When the First World War broke out in August 1914 the Imperial German Army mistakenly assumed that the BEF – 'that contemptible little army' – would be easily defeated. They were stopped in their tracks by the numerically inferior British force, whose excellent marksmanship cost the closed packed German ranks dear. Eventually forced to fall back by overwhelming German numbers, the British carried out a masterful fighting retreat across Belgium and northern France. At Mons, nine and a half British battalions held four German divisions at bay for an entire day. This book examines not just the battle of Mons itself but also the ensuing British retreat including the actions at Le Cateau and Villers-Cotterêts.
The Retreat From Mons
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Author : George Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2021-03-16
The Retreat From Mons written by George Gordon and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-16 with Fiction categories.
Retreat And Rearguard 1914
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Author : Jerry Murland
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2011-12-13
Retreat And Rearguard 1914 written by Jerry Murland and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-13 with History categories.
The British action at Mons on 23 August 1914 was the catalyst for what became a full blown retreat over 200 blood drenched miles. This book examines eighteen of the desperate rearguard actions that occurred during the twelve days of this near rout. While those at Le Cateau and Nery are well chronicled, others such as cavalry actions at Morsain and Taillefontaine, the Connaught Rangers at Le Grand Fayt and 13 Brigades fight at Crepy-en-Valois are virtually unknown even to expert historians. We learn how in the chaos and confusion that inevitably reigned units of Gunners and other supporting arms found themselves in the front line.The work of the Royal Engineers responsible for blowing bridges over rivers and canals behind the retreating troops comes in for particular attention and praise. Likewise that of the RAMC. No less than 16 VCs were won during this historic Retreat, showing that even in the darkest hours individuals and units performed with gallantry, resourcefulness and great forbearance.The book comes alive with first hand accounts, letters, diaries, official unit records, much of which has never been published before.
The Retreat From Mons
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Author : Arthur Corbett-Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1918
The Retreat From Mons written by Arthur Corbett-Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1918 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Mons
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Author : John Terraine
language : en
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Release Date : 2000-01-17
Mons written by John Terraine and has been published by Wordsworth Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-17 with Mons, 1st Battle of, Mons, Belgium, 1914 categories.
Twice in the 20th century, a British Expeditionary Force has taken the field in Northern France to fight beside the French Army. Twice, the Expeditionary Force has survived threat of complete destruction. But the differences between the Retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and the first encounter with the enemy at Mons in 1914 are significant.
The Great Retreat 1914
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Author : George Stuart Gordon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-04
The Great Retreat 1914 written by George Stuart Gordon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04 with History categories.
Two views of the Great Retreat Imperial Germany had long planned the conflict that was to become the First World War, but when the onslaught came there was little sign that the nations which would be embroiled were prepared for the storm. Germany advanced in the east and west where French and Belgian armies were forced to retire by overwhelming odds. The small British Army, the 'B. E. F', was rushed to the continent with most of its troops having less than a week between garrison life and the firing line. Under Sir John French, it was allocated the western end of the line, and at Mons it inflicted far more causalities on the enemy than its numbers would suggest. No army of its size, however, could stand against the German superiority in men (at least five to one) or artillery and machine guns. An envelopment was inevitable and so a stubbornly fought retreat was ordered. Near Le Cateau, the British turned at bay and Smith-Dorrien's determination to stand and fight undoubtedly saved the British Army from annihilation. Many people imagine the First World War as a stalemate of mud, wire and trenches, but in the first six months it was a great European war fought in much the same way that Napoleon, Wellington and Blucher had fought a century before. This Leonaur Original edition contains two concise accounts of the early campaign of the great conflict where the 'Contemptible Little Army' of the B. E. F earned undying fame in the history of military conflict. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
The Mons Star
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Author : David Ascoli
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Mons Star written by David Ascoli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.
Emner: Mons; Cateau; Marne, Marneslaget 1914, Aisne; Antwerpen; Ypres