BATTLE OF MONS
ENORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES' BRITISH BAYONET CHARGES . Paris, Wednesday Refugees and wounded state that 150000 of the best German troops were brought against the British, Tt>e German disregard of life was stupendous '■ .. : .-. Ordnrs. were apparently given to, forfeit, if necessary, fifty per cent.- of the army to secure victory. As one German regiment was driven back its place was taken by fresh troops : Their artillery fire was less efficient than that of the British, which had a pcition in the hills behind Mone. The German artillery was regulated by signals from an aeroplane flying over the British position The British showed a marked superiority in bayonet charges
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 699, 29 August 1914, Page 5
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109BATTLE OF MONS King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 699, 29 August 1914, Page 5
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