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The Great War

Michael Redgrave

Ralph Richardson

Marius Goring

John Terraine

Gordon Watkins

Tony Essex

The Great War: Episode 4: Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre

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Episode 4: Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre

Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre

BBC Two - The Great War, Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre

At Mons, despite initial success the British infantry were soon forced into retreat.

Classic BBC documentary series. As the German forces advance on Paris, the French commander-in-chief General Joffre builds up a surer resistance.

The fourth part tells how the British Army fought its first battle at Mons. Despite initial success, the entrenched British infantry were forced into retreat after two weeks. Yet as the Germans pressed forward to Paris, apparently invincible, the French commander-in-chief General Joffre began to slowly build a new and surer edifice of resistance - leading ultimately to Allied victory.

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Classic BBC documentary series about the world-shattering events of 1914-1918

Classic BBC documentary series, first broadcast in 1964, narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave and with the voices of Sir Ralph Richardson and Marius Goring

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