Mons Collection (page 2)

Mons - The History of the Immortal Retreat
A Premier Presentation Brochure for Mons - The History of the Immortal Retreat directed by Captain Walter Summers, produced by British Instructional Films Limited

Plate - Out since Mons - WWI
Plate with foliate design around rim. Inscribed - Out since Mons: Well, what sort of a night ave yer ad Novice (but persistent optimist: Oh alright. Ad to get out and rest a bit now and again)

A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI
A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved by and belonging to Driver P. S. Wilson, a lorry driver with the Army Service Corps. during the First World War. Signature on base of pipe - P. S. WILSON

Bairnsfather Ware ashtray - Out since Mons Grimwades
Bairnsfather Ware ashtray. Out since Mons. Grimwades Made by the Girls of Staffordshire. on reverse. Minor cracking. Bairnsfather Ware

Quintagonal WWI photo frame
Quintagonal photo frame containing round swivel frame engraved in brass with the names and dates - Mons 1914 : Marne 1914 : La Basse 1915 : Ypres 1914/15 : Arras 1915 : Vimy 1917

The Long and the Short of It - UP LAST DRAFT, WW1
The Long and the Short of It - UP LAST DRAFT: I suppose you as to be careful ow you looks over the parapet about ere. OUT SINCE MONS: You needn t worry

Captain Francis Grenfell retrieving the guns at Audregnies
The Taking of the Guns. Captain Francis Grenfell of the 9th Lancers retrieving the guns of 119th Battery Royal Field Artillery at Audregnies, during the Battle of Mons, 24th August 1914

Charge of Ninth Lancers during great retreat from Mons
The charge of the Ninth Lancers during the Great Retreat from Mons to Cambrai in World War One, in a rather patriotic British depiction

British soldier fishing with bayoneted rifle, WW1
A British soldier fishing in a canal with his bayoneted rifle after fighting at Mons, Belgium, in the early days of the First World War. Date: 1914

Mons 1914
Nighttime on the battlefield at Mons on 23 August. German searchlights seek out movement on the British lines, in order to guide their artillerys fire

Gordon Highlanders marching through Plymouth, WW1
Men of the Gordon Highlanders marching through Plymouth, with Colonel W E Gordon leading them on horseback, and civilians following them on either side, in the early days of the First World War

Galloping to Mons
British Field Artillery of the British Expeditionary Force gallop along the road to Mons to engage the German advance into Belgium for the first time

Plan of 18th centurary Mons, Belgium
A detailed engraving of 18th centurary Mons in Belgium, indicating how it used its system of locks to keep the city from flooding. Date: 1780

The Innocent Abroad, by Bairnsfather
The Innocent Abroad Out Since Mons: " Well, what sort of night ave yer ad?" Novice (but persistent optimist): " Oh, alright

Attack of the French Squadron under Mons. Bompart Chef d Escadre, upon the Coast of Ireland by a Detachment of His Majestys Ships under Command of Sir J. B. Warren, Oct. 12th 1798 (1799)

BELGIUM. HAINAUT. Mons. Sainte-Waudru collegiate church. Gothic art. Glass window

War of the Spanish Succession (1709). Battle of Tanieres, near Mons (Flemish Region). The British troops of the Duke of Marlborough defeat the French troops of Marechal Villers. Etching. FRANCE

The splendid model of the parachute or flying machine, with which the late Mons. Le Tur ascended from Cremorne Gardens... will be exhibited in the large room of the above house on Monday next

Battle at Landrecies
During th retreat from Mons, the Coldstream Guards and others hold off the Germans at Landrecies - one of the greatest soldiers battles in history. Date: August 1914

Mons Meg Cannon - Edinburgh Caste. A medieval weapon of mass destruction (!) made to the order of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy circa 1449 and sent as a gift to King James II of Scotland

Explosion 1917
Explosion in a house set on fire by the enemy in Mons-en-Chaussee in France on the British front during World War I in March 1917

PEARS
Gansels Bergamot Van Mons Leon de Clerc Portugal Quince Durandeau

Belgian Factory
Etablissements & Charbonnages du Grand-Hornu, near Mons : a passenger train is passing in the foreground, and over on the right is a freight train carrying coal to the works

Palestine Jericho
The site of the ancient town, with Mons Quarantania

Battle of Tanieres
BATTLE OF TANIERES - (near Mons) hand-to-hand fighting leads to a victory for Marlborough and prince Eugene

WWI / 1914 / MONS
During the retreat from Mons, English Lancers charge German artillery positions

Angels of Mons Advert
Advertisement for Phyllis Campbells account of the vision of Angels at Mons who protected the British retreat and turned the tide of the German advance into France

Pear / Van Mons Leon
Van Mons Leon C. Clerc

Battle of Mons 1792
At Mons, the French are overwhelmed by the Austrian artillery but brave Marshal Stettenhoffen shames his men into following when he leads the advance on the enemy

The Battle of Mons
The Second Army Corps (about 80, 000 men) under sir Horace Smith-Dorrien defend their trenches against an attack by 100, 000 German infantry, supported by artillery

Galgacus Addresses Army
Galgacus, or Calgacus, Caledonian Chief of the tribes of North Britain, addresses his army before facing the Romans under Agricola at the Battle of Mons Graupius

Machen Book
The cover of Arthur Machens The Bowmen, and other Legends of the War, which he believed was responsible for the legend of the Angels of Mons

Bowmen of Mons / Pearce
The Bowmen of Mons come to the aid of the British and cause havoc among their enemies

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