Title:
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THE ANGELS OF MONS
PHANTOM SOLDIERS AND GHOSTLY GUARDIANS |
By: |
David Clarke |
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Paperback |
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ISBN 10: |
0470862785 |
ISBN 13: |
9780470862780 |
Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
Pages: |
288 |
Description: |
In 1914, outnumbered British troops in Mons, Belgium, faced annihilation at the hands of advancing German forces. With little chance of survival or escape, hope appeared lost. But many did survive, and many of those who made it claimed to have been saved by strange angelic forms in the sky. The legend of the Angel of Mons was born. |
Synopsis: |
The Angel of Mons recounts the tale of the advancement of German troops through Mons in 1914, to meet the ill--prepared British Expeditionary Force. The British troops were forced to retreat, with little hope of saving the lives of those at the front. It is in these extreme circumstances that many of the wounded and dying soldiers brought back from the Western Front, reported having been rescued by strange angelic forms in the sky that protected them from massacre -- The Angel of Mons. David Clarke follows this and other myths and rumours in an effort to trace the reality behind the Angel of Mons and discover what it was the soldiers saw. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
Returns: |
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