British infantry corps, under General Horace Smith-Dorrien, were deployed east and west of Mons across a 40km front. Cavalry division kept in reserve. Royal Fusiliers were sent to destroy the bridges over the Mons-Conde Canal to stop the German advance.
August 23: 150,000 German soldiers attack the British positions.
British forced to retreat to the River Marne.
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