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The Battle of Mons was the first major battle in World War One. It was a battle of movement, not of trench warfare.
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Joffre decided that the best form of defence was to attack the German army as soon as they appeared. On September 6th, the French soldiers of the Sixth Army attacked the German army when they aproached. The battle was taken place south of the River Marne.
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An attempt made by the BEF to halt the rapid advances made by the Germans
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Von Falkenhayn wanted to launch a massive German attack on a narrow stretch of land that had historic sentiment for the French, this was Verdun.
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The Allied High Command decided to relieve the french my moving the Germans away from the Verdun battle field.
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This was Sir Douglas Hiag's aim was to create a breakthrough to the coast of Belgium so that German submarine pens could be destroyed
