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Excerpt from Nelson's History of the War, Vol. 2 Sir John French, as we have seen, had with him on the Mons position only two of his three army corps, the First and Second, and Allenby' s cavalry divi sion. The mission assigned to him was to protect the left Of the general French advance to the north. The first of his troops had crossed the frontier on zrst August, and during the whole of Saturday, the 22nd, the remaining battalions and batteries were coming into line. As they reached the Mons position the men were at once put to work to entrench the ground, for it had already been recognized that the first fighting must be upon the defensive. The exact force of the enemy was not known, but the French and British Flying Corps had seen enough of the German advance to make it clear that the attack would be made in considerable force, though they were still ignorant how great that force would be. The plan of the French Staff was to meet the enemy's onset along the charleroi-mons line, and after breaking his first attack, assume the Offensive, and advance, with Namur as their pivot. The success of this operation would raise the siege Of the fortress, and Open the way for the reoccupa tion of Brussels, and a junction of the British left with the Belgian army advancing from Antwerp. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.