The battles of world war one: 1914 August 22 - 23, 1914, battle of Mons Following the surrender of the Leige Forts by the Belgian Army, the German Army continued its push towards Paris under the Schlieffen Plan. The remainder of the Belgian Army had begun to retreat to meet the newly arrived British Expeditionary Force, which was advancing to halt the German drive. The French were being pushed back and slaughtered on the southern end of the front …showed first 75 words of 1751 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1751 total…well creating large pools of soft mud. This bogged down the Allies movement of men, artillery and supplies to the extreme north of the line. The British then launched a counterattack that failed miserably. In late October until November 11, the Germans again attacked the lines. The Allies held but had their forces drained to the last reserves. Only winter had saved the Allied lines from total collapse. The lines remained stabilized until the next year.