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Opposing Forces in the Battle of Mons, 22–23 August 1914 “Defend” is probably the wrong term for the posture of the two divisions under Smith-Dorrien’s command. It is more realistic to say that I Corps’ defensive positions more closely resembled a hasty defense or a security zone with outposts consisting of platoon or company strongpoints. […]

11 September 1709 COMBATANTS Great Britain, Austria, United Provinces, Prussia Vs France and Bavaria CASUALTIES The alliance: 21,000 France and Bavaria: 11,000 The Battle of Malplaquet was fought to the thunderous sound of cannon and the crescendo of musket fire. An alliance of countries, which included Great Britain, Prussia, Austria and the United Provinces (the […]

Specialized soldiers operating with the German army in France in World War I. It has often been said that the initial employment of tanks in small numbers on the Somme was a tactical blunder, and that it would have been better to wait until several hundred machines became available and then deliver a concentrated blow […]

COMPILED BY BEATRIX BRICE 1927 The heroic defence that established the Salient line in October and November 1914 set an aureole around Ypres, and the city assumed a significance in the War beyond any military value. Germany, determined on a spectacular triumph, employed every device to capture the town, but only added to the glory […]