Battle of Mons

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The Battle of Mons. French refugees removing their goods from their homes near Faremoutiers, September 1914. 18th Field Ambulance, 6th Division. A bridge over the Oise near Villers-Cotterets, blown up by the French during the retreat. Soldiers of the 18th Field Ambulance are crossing a boat bridge in the middle distance. Troops of the 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) halted at a farm, 24 August 1914. The Battle of Le Cateau, 26 August 1914. Staff Conference of the officers of the 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) before Le Cateau. From left to right: Captain and Adjutant John Collier Stormonth-Darling, Major F.A.C. Hamilton, Lieutenant Colonel P.R. Robertson, Captain Allan Roland MacAllan (on his horse). Indian cavalry on the march. Indian soldiers marching with colour party in front. General Hubert de la Poer Gough, Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode and 'Pedlar' Palmer. Lieutenant Robert Cotton Money, 1st Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), working a pump in communication trench between HQ and "C" Company, Bois Grenier, 5th January 1915. Photos were captured by Captain H.S. Stanham of the Royal Horse Artillery (there were no Official War Photographers for the first two years of the Great War) and Captain Robert Cotton Money MC, who used a small folding Kodak camera he carried on his belt.