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Mons

Color postcard map of Belgium, its provinces, railroad lines, major towns and cities, and North Sea coast and borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxemburg, and France. Insets show City Hall in the capital of Brussels, a view from the water of the port of Antwerp, and the Remy factory, starch manufacturer.
Text in French and Dutch: "Il n'est pas de meilleur Amidon que l'Amidon REMY, Fabrique de Riz Pur." and "Er bestaat geenen beteren Stijfsel dan den Stijfsel REMY, Vervaardigd met Zuiveren Rijst." (There is no better starch than Remy Starch, made of pure rice.)

Color postcard map of Belgium, its provinces, railroad lines (?), major towns and cities, and North Sea coast and borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxemburg, and France. Insets show City Hall in the capital of Brussels, a view from the water of the port of Antwerp, and the Remy factory.

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Text in French and Dutch:

"Il n'est pas de meilleur Amidon que l'Amidon REMY, Fabrique de Riz Pur."

and

"Er bestaat geenen beteren Stijfsel dan den Stijfsel REMY, Vervaardigd met Zuiveren Rijst."

(There is no better starch than Remy Starch, made of pure rice.)

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On August 23, 1914, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), moving north, collided with the advancing German First Army, the Entente Allies' left wing clashing with the German right in Mons, Belgium in the BEF's first battle of the war. Although heavily outnumbered, the BEF stopped the German advance for the day, before retreating the next. Outnumbered as it was, the BEF's success in holding their position was attributed to divine intervention — St. George's spirit bowmen in Arthur Machen's 'The Bowmen' or the Angel of Mons who defended the British soldiers in other tellings.

Mons is a city in Belgium.

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Statistics for Mons (1)

Type Statistic
Population 27,828

Some books about Mons (1)

Title Author Last Name Author First Name
Tanks and Weapons of World War I Fitzsimons Bernard