Legend of the Angels of Mons

Collection : CARTES DÉPARTEMENTALES IGN

Scale : 1:150 000

5.90€

NR05 GRAND EST RECTO/VERSO MASSIF DES VOSGES ALSACE LORRAINE

Collection : CARTES RÉGIONALES IGN

Scale : 1:250 000

6.80€

NR04 - GRAND EST RECTO/VERSO ARDENNE CHAMPAGNE

Collection : CARTES RÉGIONALES IGN

Collection : CARTES RÉGIONALES IGN

Scale : 1:250 000

6.80€

PAYS-BAS BELGIQUE LUXEMBOURG

Collection : DÉCOUVERTE DES PAYS DU MONDE IGN

Collection : DÉCOUVERTE DES PAYS DU MONDE IGN

Scale : 1:2 500 000

7.00€

Description

During the night of the 23rd August 1914, angels were said to have appeared to help the British to retreat in the face of crushing German numerical superiority. Fact or fiction? Who were the angels that visited these lands?

Technical Information

Walking

Difficulty

Not specified

Dist.

14 km

Altimetric profile

Starting point

25 Grand Place , 7000 Mons

Lat : 50.45464Lng : 3.95216

Steps

Memorial to the 5th Royal Irish Lancers

A bas-relief that commemorates the journey starting and ending Mons by the 5th Royal Irish lancers between August 1914 and November 1918

25 Grand Place 7000 Mons

Quai des Anglais 7020 Mons

Road bridge on the Mons-Condé canal

On this bridge, a German soldier sacrificed his life enabling his regiment to advance on Nimy.

10-28 Quai des Anglais 7020 Mons

Nimy railway bridge – memorial to Maurice James Dease and Sidney Godley

The dedication of two English soldiers who chose to stay behind to cover their comrades’ retreat.

15 Chaussée de Beaumont 7000 Mons

Carrefour de la Bascule – British Empire memorial to the two Battles of Mons

A strategic crossroads and a British monument to honour the soldiers who took part in the two battles of Mons

5 Chemin des Mourdreux 7000 Mons

Carrefour de la Bascule – Irish Memorial of the two Battles of Mons

A Gaelic cross in memory of the Irish who died in action.

Chemin des Moutons 7000 Mons

The Bois-là-haut and mont Panisel

The place where the angels appeared

67 Rue Nestor Dehon 7030 Mons

Saint-Symphorien military cemetery

A highly symbolic Anglo-German cemetery