https://padlet.com/15dwillams/rvb1pwzdp9p9 Made with the best of intentions en-us 2017-10-06 15:18:51 UTC 2017-10-09 17:19:17 UTC hello@padlet.com 15dwillams https://padlet.com/15dwillams/rvb1pwzdp9p9/wish/194731902 The Battle of Mons was the first major action 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 Germany on the French borders.]]> 2017-10-06 15:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/15dwillams/rvb1pwzdp9p9/wish/194731902 15dwillams https://padlet.com/15dwillams/rvb1pwzdp9p9/wish/194736935 German troops invaded Belgium on August 3rd. British troops from the BEF had crossed to mainland Europe on August 14th. The BEF was led by Sir John French and by the time the BEF had got to Belgium they were behind with their schedule. French wanted a cautious approach until he and his force met up with the French Fifth Army led by General Lanrezac. The plan was for both forces to join up at Charleroi.]]> 2017-10-06 15:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/15dwillams/rvb1pwzdp9p9/wish/194736935 15dwillams https://padlet.com/15dwillams/rvb1pwzdp9p9/wish/194739002 The Battle of Mons. 23 August 1914, the Battle of Mons: a very small part of the initial clashes between the German and French Armies, often known as the Battle of the Frontiers. The British Expeditionary Force begins the lengthy Retreat from Mons which only ends in early September.]]> 2017-10-06 15:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/15dwillams/rvb1pwzdp9p9/wish/194739002 15dwillams https://padlet.com/15dwillams/rvb1pwzdp9p9/wish/194747187 On August 23, 1914, in their first confrontation on European soil since the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, four divisions of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), commanded by Sir John French, struggle with the German 1st Army over the 60-foot-wide Mons Canal in Belgium, near the French frontier.]]> 2017-10-06 15:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/15dwillams/rvb1pwzdp9p9/wish/194747187 15dwillams https://padlet.com/15dwillams/rvb1pwzdp9p9/wish/194747604 The battle of Mons was the first major battle that followed which involved french warfare]]> 2017-10-06 15:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/15dwillams/rvb1pwzdp9p9/wish/194747604