Battle of Mons

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First World War battle battle

The Battle of Mons was a First World War engagement in August 1914 where the British Expeditionary Force first clashed with the German army in Belgium, marking the start of Britain's major ground fighting on the Western Front.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Mons canonical 14
Battle of Mons (1914) 1
Battle of Mons (1918) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First World War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Mons ⓘ
surface form: First Battle of Mons
associatedWith British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
surface form: British Expeditionary Force 1914 campaign
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
BritishCasualtiesApprox approximately 1,600 killed ⓘ
approximately 2,000 wounded ⓘ
campaign Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ
casualties heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
combatant British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
German 1st Army ⓘ
surface form: German First Army
commander Alexander von Kluck ⓘ
Field Marshal Sir John French ⓘ
surface form: Douglas Haig

John French ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
date August 1914 ⓘ
endDate 1914-08-23 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Le Cateau ⓘ
Great Retreat ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
GermanCasualtiesApprox several thousand casualties ⓘ
hasMemorial Mons war memorials ⓘ
St. Symphorien Military Cemetery ⓘ
hasPart Great Retreat ⓘ
locatedIn Hainaut ⓘ
surface form: Hainaut Province

Western Front ⓘ
notableFor effective British rifle fire ⓘ
origin of the "Angels of Mons" legend ⓘ
opponentForceStrengthApprox about 70,000 British troops ⓘ
significantly larger German forces ⓘ
partOf World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

opening battles of the Western Front ⓘ
place Mons ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Liège ⓘ
result British strategic withdrawal ⓘ
German tactical victory ⓘ
river Mons–Condé Canal ⓘ
significance first clash between British and German forces in World War I ⓘ
first major engagement of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front ⓘ
startDate 1914-08-23 ⓘ
strategy British defensive action along Mons–Condé Canal ⓘ
German attempt to outflank Allied left ⓘ
tacticalOutcome orderly British retreat ⓘ
year 1914 ⓘ

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Lord Gort → battle → Battle of Mons ⓘ
Battle of Aachen → precededBy → Battle of Mons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Mons Pocket
Middlesex Regiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Mons ⓘ
Arthur Currie → battle → Battle of Mons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Mons (1918)
European theatre of World War I → hasPart → Battle of Mons ⓘ
Battle of Mons → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Mons ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Battle of Mons
Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot → namedAfter → Battle of Mons ⓘ
Battle of the Frontiers → subBattle → Battle of Mons ⓘ
Mons → historicalEvent → Battle of Mons ⓘ
The Guns of August → subject → Battle of Mons ⓘ
I Corps (British Army) → notableOperation → Battle of Mons ⓘ
I Corps → notableOperation → Battle of Mons ⓘ
II Corps (British Army) → notableEvent → Battle of Mons ⓘ
British 5th Division → participatedIn → Battle of Mons ⓘ
Field Marshal Sir John French → participatedIn → Battle of Mons ⓘ
subject surface form: John French
Battle of Le Cateau → precededBy → Battle of Mons ⓘ
Battle of Charleroi → followedBy → Battle of Mons ⓘ
Mons, Belgium → historicalEvent → Battle of Mons ⓘ
subject surface form: Mons
this entity surface form: Battle of Mons (1914)