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Smith-Dorrien, Horace

British general

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    • Battle of Mons - 1914
      • Western Front in World War I, 1914–18
        In Battle of Mons

        Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien’s II Corps on the British left, where the situation was not unfavourable for the British. A canal that looped north of Mons provided a valuable defensive line, while the terrain on the opposite side held numerous difficulties for the attackers. Muddy ditches…

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    • Second Battle of Ypres - 1915
      • gas masks at the Second Battle of Ypres
        In Second Battle of Ypres: The forces at Ypres

        Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, the French 45th (Algerian) and 87th Territorial divisions under Gen. Henri Putz, and the Belgian 6th Division under Maj. Gen. Armand de Ceuninck. The remainder of the Belgian army extended north through the area that had been flooded during the First Battle…

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