maubeuge-bavai

Updated: July 17, 2026

This element, combined with the considerable distance which the British marched that morning, saved the army; though not until another week of almost intolerable suffering had passed, and not until very heavy losses indeed had been sustained. The great Maubeuge-Bavai road, which is prolonged to Eth, and which was, roughly, the British front of that night, was cleared shortly after sunrise.

Hilaire Belloc - A General Sketch of the European War: The First Phase