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Richard Holmes visits battlefields throughout Britain, northern France and Belgium

Richard Holmes goes on a journey through time to visit battlefields throughout Britain, northern France and Belgium that mark crucial moments in Britain's bloody and turbulent history

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War Walks: Series 1: Episode 3: Mons

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Mons

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Richard Holmes looks at the British retreat from Mons in 1914.

Military historian Richard Holmes looks at some of history's major battles. This programme follows the British retreat from Mons in 1914.

The British troops who marched against the Germans in August 1914 believed the war would be over by Christmas. But at Mons they learned that the old world of swords and bugles would be swept away by the machine gun and the shell. Richard Holmes follows in their footsteps as they retreated south from Mons.

War Walks: Series 1

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Richard Holmes goes on a journey through time to visit battlefields throughout Britain, northern France and Belgium that mark crucial moments in Britain's bloody and turbulent history.

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