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ONLINE: The Battle that Saved the BEF: Le Cateau, 26 August 1914 with Dr Spencer Jones

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The presentation will be live and online.  We welcome back Dr Spencer Jones who will talk to us about one of the early battles of the First World War. The British Expeditionary Force faced disaster in August 1914. Driven from Belgium after the Battle of Mons, it found itself isolated from its French allies and closely pursued by numerically s...

David Keable-Elliott: Smith-Dorrien and the Mons Campaign

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David Keable-Elliott: Smith-Dorrien and the Mons Campaign In 1914, General Horace Smith Dorrien took command of II Corps only hours before the Battle of Mons started; and was not given command of the British army at Le Cateau until after the Battle had started. Yet, so surehanded was his handling of his divisions that he was able to achieve his...

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