Forêt de Mormal
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The Forêt de Mormal is a forest in France, near the Franco-Belgian border. It is best known to the British for its role in the retreat from Mons
in August 1914. Its lack of passable roads forced I and II Corps of the British army to divide and the two corps did not reunite for some days.
Great Retreat
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...
in August 1914. Its lack of passable roads forced I and II Corps of the British army to divide and the two corps did not reunite for some days.