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Mons - Place Léopold

            The Postcard

A Nels postcard that was published by Ern. Thill of Rue Simonis, 20-22, Bruxelles. The card has a divided back.

Mons is a city of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

The Battle of Mons

The Battle of Mons took place on the 23rd. to the 24th. August 1914.  It was the first battle fought by the British Army in the Great War.

The British were forced to retreat with over 1,600 casualties, and the town remained occupied by the Germans until its liberation by the Canadian Corps on the 11th. November 1918.

There is a plaque in the town that states: 

'Here was fired the last 
shot of the Great War'.

Mons in WWII

During the Second World War, as an important industrial centre, the city was heavily bombed.

During the Battle of the Mons Pocket, US Army forces encircled and took 25,000 Germans prisoner in early September 1944.

Taken on: September 16, 2023

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