The Battle of Mons
The Battle of Mons was the first major battle of the British Expeditionary Force in the World War 1. It was a battle of movement unlike the other battles that followed which involved trench warfare. During this battle in Belgium the Germans invaded on August 3, 1914. The British Expeditionary Force was lead by Sir John French. On August 22nd, the British Expeditionary Force came across the border from the German First Army and engaged them. General French made plans to attack the German army. French ordered his men to dig trenches near the Mons Canal. The commander of the German First Army , Kluck, determined to take on the British Expeditionary Force and they first engaged the British in battle on August 23rd.French, had expanded his men across a 40 kilometer front. The British Expeditionary Force was heavily outnumbered with 70,000 men and the Germans with 160,000. Then during that evening Sir John French was he finally realized the German army was a thousand times bigger than his. So he tried to withdraw hi army but Lord Kitchener wouldn't allow it so he retreated to the Marne River