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Manuscript history book: The Torgau History of the European War. Compiled from accounts given by officer who were prisoners of war at Torgau Camp, Saxony Germany, 1914. Author unknown but produced under the supervision of Maj John Archibald Davenport (1878-1938), 2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers, whose annotations can be seen in the margins between pages 69 and 76. Covers the mobilisation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in August 1914, its transportation to France, its advance into Belgium, the Battle of Mons, 23 August 1914, the retreat from Mons and the Battle of Le Cateau, 26 August 1914. With sections covering the history of the BEF’s higher formations during this period: 1st Cavalry Division, I Corps, II Corps, 3 Division; 4 Division; 5 Division and 6 Division; together with fold out maps. Associated with the Battle of Mons (1914), and the Battle of Le Cateau (1914) World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) and World War One, POWs (1914-1918).

World War One, POWs (1914-1918)

Mons, Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Le Cateau, Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)