peter blackwell Posted 2 June , 2019 Share Posted 2 June , 2019 Can anybody please give me any information on the retreat from Mons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 2 June , 2019 Share Posted 2 June , 2019 There is so much available on the Web - not least on Wikipedia (with citations) and here on the Great War Forum (at least forty threads and counting) - that some of us may prefer you to narrow the thrust of your question rather than for us to regurgitate information that is so readily available within seconds. Our own GWF content mentions a number of books on the subject. And doubtless Googling will lead to a great number of other websites. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 2 June , 2019 Share Posted 2 June , 2019 Others will no doubt be happy to recommend books worth reading, here's a starter for 10; https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/202738-retreat-and-rearguard-1914/?tab=comments#comment-1990455 Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter blackwell Posted 2 June , 2019 Author Share Posted 2 June , 2019 cheers pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac101 Posted 2 June , 2019 Share Posted 2 June , 2019 The official history is available at archive.org. https://ia802609.us.archive.org/0/items/3edmilitaryopera01edmouoft/3edmilitaryopera01edmouoft_bw.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter blackwell Posted 3 June , 2019 Author Share Posted 3 June , 2019 thank you so much pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simond9x Posted 8 June , 2019 Share Posted 8 June , 2019 https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-mons-1926-online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter blackwell Posted 8 June , 2019 Author Share Posted 8 June , 2019 thanks mate i'm very greatful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 8 June , 2019 Share Posted 8 June , 2019 Terence Zuber's book is worth reading for many reasons, not least for his over-evaluation of the German army and his often arguable conclusions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter blackwell Posted 8 June , 2019 Author Share Posted 8 June , 2019 thanks mate i'm very greatful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Dunlop Posted 9 June , 2019 Share Posted 9 June , 2019 I don't recall Zuber's book covering much of the retreat from Mons, mostly the battle itself. The contemporaneous German account has been translated. Holger and I published it as 'The Battle of Mons: The Official German Account' (see here). The history covers the immediate aftermath of the battle but not the further withdrawal to any extent. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 9 June , 2019 Share Posted 9 June , 2019 Robert, Agreed, but highly relevant to the retreat I feel - without the battle no retreat. Regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Dunlop Posted 9 June , 2019 Share Posted 9 June , 2019 For sure, David. And the lead-up to Mons had relevance to the way the Germans conducted the pursuit. The official account describes some of the thinking that informed the battle and subsequent actions. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter blackwell Posted 9 June , 2019 Author Share Posted 9 June , 2019 Thanks for your kind responses pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 9 June , 2019 Share Posted 9 June , 2019 Hello Peter You might like to try Riding the Retreat by the late Professor Richard Holmes. For a wider historical context, Fatal Avenue by the same author might be useful. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter blackwell Posted 9 June , 2019 Author Share Posted 9 June , 2019 OK thanks a lot pere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelcave Posted 9 June , 2019 Share Posted 9 June , 2019 There is Jack Horsfall's Mons in the Battleground Europe series (I proofed it and did a bit of an edit but it really was very much his work) - a complicated battlefield to visit today because of urban sprawl and redevelopment, the loss of most of the canal and new roads. But a lot of it is still there if you persevere and it may well be easier to do with the emergence of satnav since the book was published about twenty years or more ago (oh dear, over twenty years???). There are other Battlegrounds for the various stages of the retreat and I strongly recommend Jerry Murland's Retreat and Rearguard 1914. John Terraine's book on Mons (I think it has been printed with a variety of titles) is still a very good read even if the first edition came out fifty plus years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 10 June , 2019 Share Posted 10 June , 2019 " I have seen Sordet's cavalry march through Inchy on the eve of Le Cateau, I have seen the Iron Corps of France march through the square of Ypres, I have seen the 1st Canadian Division marching to St Julien before the gas attack, I have seen Indian troops going into action for the first time on European soil, I have seen Australians on their way to attack Poziers, but I have no remembrance to equal that of the old regiments of the "B.E.F" marching to the battle of Mons." from "The Breaking of the Storm" by C.A.L Brownlow (Methuen & Co 1918). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Brayley Posted 10 June , 2019 Share Posted 10 June , 2019 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fire-Movement-British-Expeditionary-Campaign/dp/0199989273 "Fire and Movement" by Peter Hart, one of my favourites reads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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