The dates given for the battles listed
below are the dates of the duration of the battle. Units would not have
fought in the larger battles for the whole of the time, but they may
have been engaged several times. To get back to this page from the Divisions
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| 001 |
Battle
of Mons. |
23
- 24 Aug |
BEF |
N/K |
Cavalry
Division |
| 1st |
1st Div, 2nd
Div |
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| 2nd |
3rd Div, 5th
Div |
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5th Cavalry Bde,
19th Bde |
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| 002 |
Action
of Élouges. |
24 Aug |
BEF |
N/K |
1st Cavalry Bde,
3rd Cavalry Bde (both Cavalry Division) |
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| 2nd |
1st Bn Norfolk Regt, 1st Bn Cheshire
Regt (both 5th Div) |
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| 003 |
Rearguard
Action of Solesmes. |
25 Aug |
BEF |
N/K |
Cavalry
Div |
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| 2nd |
7th Bde (3rd
Div) |
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19th
Bde |
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| 004 |
Affair of Landrecies. |
25 Aug |
BEF |
1st |
4th (Guards) Bde (2nd
Div) |
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| 005 |
Battle of Le Cateau. |
26 Aug |
BEF |
2nd |
Cavalry
Div |
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| 2nd |
3rd Div,
5th Div |
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4th Div,
19th Bde |
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| 006 |
Rearguard Affair of Le Grand
Fayt. |
26 Aug |
BEF |
1st |
2nd Bn Connaught Rangers (2nd
Div) |
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| 007 |
Rearguard Affair of Étreux. |
27 Aug |
BEF |
1st |
15th Hussars,
1st (Guards) Bde,
2nd Bn Welsh Regt (all 1st Div) |
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| 008 |
Affair of Cérizy. |
28 Aug |
BEF |
N/K |
5th Cavalry
Bde |
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| 009 |
Affair of Néry. |
01 Sep |
BEF |
N/K |
1st Cavalry Bde,
4th Cavalry Bde, (both Cavalry Div)
4th Division, 19th Bde, |
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| 010 |
Rearguard Action of Crépy
en Valois. |
01 Sep |
BEF |
2nd |
13th Bde (5th
Div) |
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| 011 |
Rearguard Actions of Villers
Cottérêts. |
01 Sep |
BEF |
N/K |
3rd Cavalry Bde (Cavalry
Div) |
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| 1st |
4th (Guards) Bde,
6th Bde (both 2nd Div) |
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001 - 011 are also know as the Retreat From Mons |
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| 012 |
Battle of the Marne.
Including the Passage of the Petit Morin and
the Passage of the Marne. |
07 - 10 Sep |
BEF |
N/K |
Cavalry
Div,
Gough's Command |
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| 1st |
1st Div,
2nd Div |
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| 2nd |
3rd Div,
5th Div |
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| 3rd |
4th Div,
19th Bde |
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| 013 |
Battle
of the Aisne.
Including the Passage of the Aisne and Capture
of the Aisne Heights and Chemin des Dames. |
12 - 15 Sep |
BEF |
N/K |
Cavalry
Div,
Gough's Command |
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| 1st |
1st Div,
2nd Div |
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| 2nd |
3rd Div,
5th Div |
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| 3rd |
4th Div,
19th Bde |
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| 014 |
Actions of the Aisne Heights. |
20 Sep |
BEF |
N/K |
2nd Cavalry Bde (Cavalry
Div) |
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| 1st |
1st Div,
2nd Div
18th Bde (6th Div) |
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| 2nd |
3rd Div
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| 015 |
Action of Chivy. |
26 Sep |
BEF |
1st |
1st Div
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| 016 |
Defence of Antwerp. |
04 - 10 Oct |
BEF |
N/K |
Royal
Naval Div |
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| 4th |
3rd Cavalry
Div
7th Div |
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| 017 |
Battle of La Bassée. |
10 Oct - 02 Nov |
BEF |
N/K |
2nd Cavalry Bde (Cavalry
Div) |
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| 2nd |
3rd Div,5th
Div |
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| Indian |
Secunderabad Cavalry Bde,
3rd
(Indian) Div,
7th
(Indian) Div |
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| 018 |
Battle of Messines. |
12 Oct - 02 Nov |
BEF |
Cavalry |
1st
Cavalry Div
2nd Cavalry Div
7th (Indian) Bde (3rd Indian
Div)
1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers,
1st Bn Lincolnshire Regt (both 3rd
Div)
2nd Bn K.O.S.B.
2nd Bn K.O.Y.L.I. (both 5th Div)
Q.O. Oxfordshire Hussars,
14th Bn London Regt,
2nd Bn Essex Regt,
2nd Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (all 4th
Div) |
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| 019 |
Battle of Armentières. |
13 Oct - 02 Nov |
BEF |
3rd |
4th Div,
6th Div
3rd Bn Worcestershire Regt (3rd
Div)
1st Bn Dorsetshire Regt (5th
Div) |
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| 020 |
Capture of Meteren. |
13 - 17 Oct |
BEF |
Cavalry |
2nd Cavalry
Div |
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4th Div
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| 021 |
Battle of Langemarck. |
21 - 24 Oct |
BEF |
1st |
1st Div,
2nd Div |
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| 4th |
3rd Cavalry
Div,
7th Div |
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| 022 |
Battle of Gheluvelt. |
29 - 31 Oct |
BEF |
1st |
2nd Cavalry
Div
3rd Cavalry Div
1st Div, 2nd
Div,
7th Div |
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| 023 |
Battle of Nonne Bosschen. |
11 Nov |
BEF |
1st |
3rd Cavalry
Div
1st Div, 2nd
Div,
3rd Div, 5th
Div |
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| Battles 017
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| 024 |
Defence of Festubert. |
23 - 24 Nov |
BEF |
Indian |
7th
(Indian) Div |
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| 025 |
Attack on Wytschaete. |
14 Dec |
BEF |
2nd |
3rd Div
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| 026 |
Defence of Givenchy. |
20 - 21 Dec |
BEF |
Indian |
1st Div
3rd (Indian) Div
7th (Indian) Div |
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