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The Great War: Episode Four: Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre

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The acclaimed 26-part story chronicling the 1914-18 conflict continues with episode four.

Tonight, how the British Army fought its first battle at the Belgian town of Mons. Despite initial success, the British infantry were forced into retreat after two weeks. Yet as the Germans pressed forward to Paris, apparently invincible, French Commander-in-Chief General Joffre slowly began to build a more solid resistance - which would lead ultimately to Allied victory.
(Episode five follows on on BBC4 at 7.20pm.)
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Producer:
Tony Essex
Producer:
Gordon Watkins
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