The 1914 Campaign

A detailed history of actions of six units of the British Army in and out of battle during the 1914 Campaign of World War I. The book concentrates on the British Expeditionary Force’s defensive actions during the retreat from Mons through to the advance to the River Aisne and the first days of trench warfare. Then moved north to Ypres, where it endured three long weeks of German attacks. By compiling information from the Official History and the printed histories we get an in-depth British accou