Title

An Incident in the Retreat from Mons', (1919).

Caption

'An Incident in the Retreat from Mons', (1919). Scene from the First World War: in August 1914 the British Expeditionary Force were attacked by the Germans at Mons in Belgium. 'A number of wounded were sheltered in a church over which the Red Cross flag was flying. The Germans began to shell the building...' After 'The Famous Four Days Retreat from Mons: How the wounded helped the wounded'. From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. II, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]

Date

1919

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F14_382

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,1Mb (3,1Mb) / 19,0in x 12,7in / 5692 x 3813 (300dpi)

Keywords

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