Le Cateau: 26 August 1914

by Jack Sheldon and Nigel Cave

Le Cateau (26-27 August 1914) was the second major action fought by the BEF in the Great War. His men exhausted after fighting at Mons and by the subsequent speedy retreat, Lieutenant-General Horace Smith-Dorrien (commanding II Corps) decided that he had to make a stand in the vicinity of Le Cateau.

There his men took on elements of four German corps in an action that succeeded in giving the BEF a respite, but at considerable cost. Amongst...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0850528429
• ISBN13: 9780850528428
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.6"