. "4 corps" . . . . . "Battle of Mons"@en . "1914-08-23Z"^^ . "3 cavalry divisions" . "1 cavalry division" . . "total: 80,000 men and 300 guns" . "See the Aftermath section" . "The Battle of Mons was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the First World War. It was a subsidiary action of the Battle of the Frontiers, in which the Allies clashed with Germany on the French borders. At Mons, the British Army attempted to hold the line of the Mons\u2013Cond\u00E9 Canal against the advancing German 1st Army."@en . . "1 cavalry brigade" . . . "total: 160,000 men and 600 guns" . . "1,638" . . "2 corps" .