The Great Retreat, 1914: Two Accounts of the Battle & Retreat from Mons by the B. E. F.

Includes The First World War On The Western Front 1914-1915 Illustrations Pack with 101 maps, plans, and photos. “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