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The Great Retreat, also known as the Retreat from Mons, is the name given to the long, fighting retreat by Allied forces to the River Marne, on the Western Front early in World War I, after their holding action against the Imperial German Armies at the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914. The Allies were closely pursued by the Germans, acting under the Schlieffen Plan.

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  • Great Retreat
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  • The Great Retreat, also known as the Retreat from Mons, is the name given to the long, fighting retreat by Allied forces to the River Marne, on the Western Front early in World War I, after their holding action against the Imperial German Armies at the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914. The Allies were closely pursued by the Germans, acting under the Schlieffen Plan.
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  • the Western Front of World War I
Date
  • --08-24
Commander
  • Joseph Joffre
  • Helmuth von Moltke
  • John French
Caption
  • British dead at Le Cateau.
Result
  • Allied forces fall back to the river Marne
combatant
  • France
  • German Empire
  • United Kingdom
Place
  • From Mons, Belgium to River Marne, France
Conflict
  • Great Retreat
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  • The Great Retreat, also known as the Retreat from Mons, is the name given to the long, fighting retreat by Allied forces to the River Marne, on the Western Front early in World War I, after their holding action against the Imperial German Armies at the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914. The Allies were closely pursued by the Germans, acting under the Schlieffen Plan.
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