Less visited than the more famous Ypres, this atmospheric Belgian city is a monument to the outnumbered BEF’s first great battle William Cook writes about travel in continental Europe for The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Angels, Field of Mons An ‘Angel’ which many British soldiers credited with saving their lives in one of the first, brutal battles ...

The Angel of Mons became one of World War One’s most famous legends. During a brutal retreat in 1914, British soldiers claimed supernatural intervention saved them. The story spread quickly, blending ...

As the Remembrance season draws near, John Phillpott visits the scene of the opening battle involving the British Army in the First World War, and relates the strange tale of the Angels of Mons. Is ...

Rachael Kohn: In World War I, British soldiers fighting the Germans in Belgium, claim to have seen it in the sky. Hello, this is The Ark on ABC Radio National and I'm Rachael Kohn. Today we explore ...

Welsh writer, Arthur Machen, invented the first ever urban myth, set in 1914, called 'Angel of Mons' The Welsh father of the mystery, imagination and modern horror genre was born 3 March 1863 at 33 ...

When Britain declared war on Germany on August the 4th 1914 the British public hoped for a quick victory. By mid August British troops were making their way through France and Belgium towards the ...

Between 1914 and 1918, around 70 million people were mobilised to fight in World War One. The conflict became a turning point for warfare as soldiers began to truly document the horror of life at the ...

An ‘Angel' which many British soldiers credited with saving their lives in one of the first, brutal battles of World War I may not have been sent from heaven after all - but from the stars. UFO ...