Battle of Mons

When

23 Aug 1914

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.48° N, 3.95° E

Location

Mons, Belgium

Outcome

See Analysis section

Belligerents

German Empire vs United Kingdom

1914 battle on the Western Front of World War I

The Battle of Mons, or the First Battle of Mons to differentiate it from another battle later in the war, was the first big engagement of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the First World War. It was a subsidiary action of the Battle of the Frontiers, in which the Allies clashed with the German Army on the French–German frontier.

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