Battle of Mons order of battle


The following units of the German First Army and British Expeditionary Force fought in the Battle of Mons in World War I.

German First Army

First Army, commanded by Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck

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3rd Infantry Division
'''4th Infantry Division'''

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5th Infantry Division
'''6th Infantry Division'''

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7th Infantry Division
'''8th Infantry Division'''

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17th Infantry Division
'''18th Infantry Division'''

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5th Reserve Division
'''6th Reserve Division'''

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7th Reserve Division
22nd Reserve Division
10th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
11th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
27th Landwehr Brigade
Composite Landwehr Cavalry Unit
Composite Lansturm Artillery Unit
Army Troops

British Expeditionary Force

British Expeditionary Force, commanded by Field Marshal Sir John French
Army Troops
'''Line of communications defence troops'''

I Corps

I Corps, commanded by Lieutenant-General Douglas Haig
1st Division
2nd Division
RAMC
5th Field Ambulance

II Corps

II Corps, commanded by General Horace Smith-Dorrien
3rd Division
'''5th Division '''

Cavalry Division

Cavalry Division, commanded by Major-General Edmund Allenby

Royal Flying Corps in the Field

Royal Flying Corps, commanded by Brigadier-General David Henderson