The Retreat from Mons. Arthur Corbett-Smith

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       Arthur Corbett-Smith

      The Retreat from Mons

      By one who shared in it

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066232313

Table of Contents

       The Roll of Honour OF THE FIRST EXPEDITIONARY FORGE

       CHAPTER I MOBILISATION

       CHAPTER II THE SAILING OF THE FORCE

       CHAPTER III THE LANDING OF THE FORCE

       CHAPTER IV UP COUNTRY

       CHAPTER V

       THE MARSHALLING OF THE ARMIES

       CHAPTER VI

       MONS

       CHAPTER VII MONS (continued)

       CHAPTER VIII THE RETREAT BEGINS

       CHAPTER IX THE SECOND DAY

       CHAPTER X AN INTERLUDE

       CHAPTER XI WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH OF AUGUST

       CHAPTER XII WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH OF AUGUST (continued)

       CHAPTER XIII THE RETREAT CONTINUES

       CHAPTER XIV PAST COMPIÈGNE

       CHAPTER XV THE FINAL STAGES

       APPENDIX I

       APPENDIX II

The Roll of Honour

       OF THE

       FIRST EXPEDITIONARY FORGE

       Table of Contents

      General Officer Commanding-in-Chief the British Forces: FIELD-MARSHAL SIR J. D. P. FRENCH.

      Chief of the General Staff: LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR A. J. MURRAY.

      Adjutant-General: MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C. F. N. MACREADY.

      Quartermaster-General: MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. R. ROBERTSON.

       FIRST ARMY CORPS

      General Officer Commanding-in-Chief— LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR DOUGLAS HAIG.

      1st DIVISION

      General Officer Commanding—MAJOR-GENERAL S. H. LOMAX.

      1st Infantry Brigade

      Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL F. I. MAXSE. 1st Batt. Coldstream Guards. 1st Batt. R. Highlanders. 1st Batt. Scots Guards. 2nd Batt. R. Munster Fusiliers.

      2nd Infantry Brigade

      Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL E. S. BULFIN. 2nd Batt. R. Sussex Regt. 1st Batt. Northampton Regt. 1st Batt. N. Lancs. Regt. 2nd Batt. K. R. Rifle Corps

      3rd Infantry Brigade

      Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL H. J. S. LANDON. 1st Batt. R. W. Surrey Regt. 1st Batt. Gloucester Regt. 1st Batt. S. Wales Borderers. 2nd Batt. Welsh Regt.

      CAVALRY (attached)

       C Squadron 15th Hussars.

      ROYAL ENGINEERS

       23rd and 26th Field Companies.

      ROYAL ARTILLERY

       R.F.A. Batteries—113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 46, 51, 54;

       (Howitzer) 30, 40, 57.

       Heavy Battery R.G.A.—26. An Ammunition Column and an Ammunition Park.

      2nd DIVISION

      General Officer Commanding—MAJOR-GENERAL C. C. MONRO.

      4th Infantry Brigade

      Brigade-Commander—GENERAL R. SCOTT-KERR. 2nd Batt. Grenadier Guards 3rd Batt. Coldstream Guards 2nd Batt. Coldstream Guards lst Batt. Irish Guards.

      5th Infantry Brigade

      Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. C. B. HAKING.

      2nd Batt. Worcester Regt.

       2nd Batt. Highland L.I.

       2nd Batt. Oxford and Bucks L.I.

       2nd Batt. Connaught Rangers

      6th Infantry Brigade

      Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. H. DAVIES. 1st Batt. Liverpool Regt. 1st Batt. R. Berks Regt. 2nd Batt. S. Staffs. Regt. lst Batt. K. R. Rifle

      CAVALRY (attached)

       B Squadron 15th Hussars.

      ROYAL ENGINEERS

       5th and 11th Field Companies.

      ROYAL ARTILLERY

      R.F.A. Batteries—22, 50, 70, 15, 48, 71, 9, 16, 17; (Howitzer) 47, 56, 60. Heavy Battery R.G.A.—35. An Ammunition Column and an Ammunition Park.

      CAVALRY

      A Division (Four Brigades)

      General Officer Commanding—MAJOR-GENERAL E. H. H. ALLENBY.

      1st Brigade

      Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL C. J. BRIGGS.

      2nd Dragoon Guards.

       5th Dragoon Guards.

       11th Hussars.

      2nd Brigade

      Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL H. DE B. DE LISLE.

      4th Dragoon