How I lived through the first hours at Mons, by Maj Corbett Smith | 23 August 1914 | Episode 12
Published on 23 August 1914
Major Corbett Smith, soldier, publicist, and famous writer on many varied subjects, was an officer of the Royal Field Artillery during the battle of Mons. His impressions of that memorable day in the little town of Mons, from its first beginning to its melancholy close, form the subject of this vivid chapter. Major Corbett Smith was mentioned in dispatches for his valuable services.