Order of battle at Mons
# Order of battle at Mons

The following units of the German First Army and British Expeditionary Force fought in the Battle of Mons in World War I.

## German First Army

First Army, commanded by Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck

### II Army Corps

    30th Aviation Battalion
    15th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)

3rd Infantry Division

    3rd Artillery Brigade
    3rd Horse Grenadiers
    5th Infantry Brigade
       2nd Grenadier Regiment
       9th Grenadier Regiment
    6th Infantry Brigade
       34th Fusilier Regiment
       42nd Infantry Regiment

4th Infantry Division

    4th Artillery Brigade
    12th Dragoons
    7th Infantry Brigade
       14th Infantry Regiment
       149th Infantry Regiment
    8th Infantry Brigade
       49th Infantry Regiment
       140th Infantry Regiment

### III Army Corps

    7th Aviation Battalion
    2nd Guard Foot Artillery (heavy)
    3rd Hussars

5th Infantry Division

    5th Artillery Brigade
    9th Infantry Brigade
       8th Leib Grenadier Regiment
       48th Infantry Regiment
    10th Infantry Brigade
       12th Grenadier Regiment
       52nd Infantry Regiment

6th Infantry Division

    6th Artillery Brigade
    11th Infantry Brigade
       20th Infantry Regiment
       35th Fusilier Regiment
    12th Infantry Brigade
       24th Infantry Regiment
       64th Infantry Regiment
       3rd Jaeger Battalion

### IV Army Corps

    9th Aviation Battalion
    4th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)
    10th Hussars

7th Infantry Division

    7th Artillery Brigade
    13th Infantry Brigade
       26th Infantry Regiment
       66th Infantry Regiment
    14th Infantry Brigade
       27th Infantry Regiment
       165th Infantry Regiment

8th Infantry Division

    8th Artillery Brigade
    15th Infantry Brigade
       36th Fusilier Regiment
       93rd Infantry Regiment
    16th Infantry Brigade
       72nd Infantry Regiment
       153rd Infantry Regiment
       4th Jaeger Battalion

### IX Army Corps

    9th Aviation Battalion
    20th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)
    16th Dragoons

17th Infantry Division

    17th Artillery Brigade
    33rd Infantry Brigade
       75th Infantry Regiment
       76th Infantry Regiment
    34th Infantry Brigade
       89th Grenadier Regiment
       90th Fusilier Regiment
       9th Jaeger Battalion

18th Infantry Division

    18th Artillery Brigade
    35th Infantry Brigade
       84th Infantry Regiment
       86th Fusilier Regiment
    36th Infantry Brigade
       31st Infantry Regiment
       85th Infantry Regiment

### III Reserve Corps

5th Reserve Division

    2nd Reserve Dragoon Regiment (3 squadrons)
    6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (6 batteries)
    9th Reserve Infantry Brigade
       8th Reserve Infantry Regiment
       48th Reserve Infantry Regiment
    10th Reserve Infantry Brigade
       12th Reserve Infantry Regiment
       52nd Reserve Infantry Regiment

6th Reserve Division

    3rd Reserve Uhlan Regiment (3 squadrons)
    6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (6 batteries)
    11th Reserve Infantry Brigade
       20th Reserve Infantry Regiment
       24th Reserve Infantry Regiment
    12th Reserve Infantry Brigade
       26th Reserve Infantry Regiment
       35th Reserve Infantry Regiment

### IV Reserve Corps

7th Reserve Division

    1st Reserve Schwere Reiter Regiment (3 squadrons)
    7th Field Artillery Regiment (6 batteries)
    13th Reserve Brigade
       27th Reserve Infantry Regiment
       36th Reserve Infantry Regiment
    14th Reserve Brigade
       66th Reserve Infantry Regiment
       72nd Reserve Infantry Regiment
    4th Reserve Jaeger Battalion

22nd Reserve Division

    1st Reserve Jäger zu Pferde Regiment (3 squadrons)
    22nd Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (6 batteries)
    43rd Reserve Infantry Brigade
       71st Reserve Infantry Regiment
       94th Reserve Infantry Regiment
       11th Reserve Jaeger Battalion
    44th Reserve Infantry Brigade
       32nd Reserve Infantry Regiment
       82nd Reserve Infantry Regiment

10th Mixed Landwehr Brigade

    12th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
    52nd Landwehr Infantry Regiment

11th Mixed Landwehr Brigade

    20th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
    35th Landwehr Infantry Regiment

27th Landwehr Brigade

    53rd Landwehr Infantry Regiment
    55th Landwehr Infantry Regiment

Composite Landwehr Cavalry Unit (3 squadrons) Composite Lansturm Artillery Unit (2 batteries)

Army Troops

    12th Aviation Battalion

## British Expeditionary Force

British Expeditionary Force, commanded by Field Marshal Sir John French

Army Troops

    A and C Squadrons North Irish Horse
    B Squadron South Irish Horse
    1st Bn Queens Own Cameron Highlanders

Line of communications defence troops

    1st Devonshire
    19th Infantry Brigade (formed 22 August 1914)
       2nd Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
       1st Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
       1st Bn Duke of Cambridge’s Own
       2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

### I Corps

I Corps, commanded by Lieutenant-General Douglas Haig

1st Division (Lomax)

    1st Guards Brigade
       1st Coldstream Guards
       1st Scots Guards
       1st Black Watch
       2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers
    2nd Infantry Brigade
       2nd Royal Sussex Regiment
       1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
       1st Northamptonshire Regiment
       2nd Kings Royal Rifle Corps
    3rd Infantry Brigade
       1st Royal West Surrey Regiment
       1st South Wales Borderers
       1st Gloucestershire Regiment
       2nd Welsh
    XXV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       113th Battery
       114th Battery
       115th Battery
    XXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       116th Battery
       117th Battery
       118th Battery
    XXXIX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       46th Battery
       51st Battery
       54th Battery
    XLIII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       30th (H) Battery
       40th (H) Battery
       57th (H) Battery
    26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

2nd Division (Monro)

    4th Guards Brigade
       2nd Grenadier Guards
       2nd Coldstream Guards
       3rd Coldstream Guards
       1st Irish Guards
    5th Infantry Brigade
       2nd Worcestershire
       2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
       2nd Highland Light Infantry
       2nd Connaught Rangers
    6th Infantry Brigade
       1st Liverpool Regiment
       2nd South Staffordshire
       1st Royal Berkshire
       1st Kings Royal Rifle Corps
    XXXIV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       22nd Battery
       50th Battery
       70th Battery
    XXXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       15th Battery
       48th Battery
       71st Battery
    XLI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       9th Battery
       16th Battery
       17th Battery
    XLIV (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       47th (H) Battery
       56th (H) Battery
       60th (H) Battery
    35th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

### II Corps

II Corps, commanded by General Horace Smith-Dorrien

3rd Division (Hamilton)

    7th Infantry Brigade
       3rd Bn Worcestershire Regiment
       2nd Bn South Lancashire Regiment
       1st Bn Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
       2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles
    8th Infantry Brigade
       2nd Royal Scots
       2nd Royal Irish Regiment
       4th Middlesex Regiment
       1st Gordon Highlanders
    9th Infantry Brigade
       1st Northumberland Fusiliers
       4th Royal Fusiliers
       1st Lincolnshire
       1st Royal Scots Fusiliers
    XXIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       107th Battery
       108th Battery
       109th Battery
    XL Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       6th Battery
       23rd Battery
       49th Battery
    XLII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       29th Battery
       41st Battery
       45th Battery
    XXX (Howitzer) Brigade , Royal Field Artillery
       128th (H) Battery
       129th (H) Battery
       130th (H) Battery
    48th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

5th Division (Fergusson)

    13th Infantry Brigade
       2nd Bn Kings Own Scottish Borderers
       2nd Bn Duke of Wellington’s
       1st Bn Royal West Kent
       2nd Bn Yorkshire Light Infantry
    14th Infantry Brigade
       2nd Bn Suffolk Regiment
       1st Bn East Surrey Regiment
       1st Bn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
       2nd Bn Manchester Regiment
    15th Infantry Brigade
       1st Bn Norfolk Regiment
       1st Bn Bedfordshire Regiment
       1st Bn Cheshire Regiment
       1st Bn Dorsetshire Regiment
    XV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       11th Battery
       52nd Battery
       80th Battery
    XXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       119th Battery
       120th Battery
       121st Battery
    XXVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       122nd Battery
       123rd Battery
       124th Battery
    VIII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
       37th (H) Battery
       61st (H) Battery
       65th (H) Battery
    108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

### Cavalry Division

Cavalry Division, commanded by Major-General Edmund Allenby

    1st Cavalry Brigade
       2nd Dragoon Guards
       5th Dragoon Guards
       11th Hussars
    2nd Cavalry Brigade
       4th Dragoon Guards
       9th Lancers
       18th Hussars
    3rd Cavalry Brigade
       4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
       5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
       16th (The Queen's) Lancers
    4th Cavalry Brigade
       6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers)
       3rd (The King's Own) Hussars
       Household Cavalry Composite Regiment
    5th Cavalry Brigade
       2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
       12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Regiment of Lancers
       20th Hussars
    Artillery
       III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
          D Battery, RHA
          E Battery, RHA
       VII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
          I Battery, RHA
          L Battery, RHA

### Royal Flying Corps in the Field

Royal Flying Corps, commanded by Brigadier-General David Henderson

    2nd Aeroplane Squadron (Charles Burke)
    3rd Aeroplane Squadron (John Salmond)
    4th Aeroplane Squadron (Raleigh)
    5th Aeroplane Squadron (John Frederick Andrews Higgins)
    1st Aircraft Park (Carden)

## Sources

* Bell, Ron. “The Old Contemptibles.” Strategy & Tactics, Number 228 (May/June 2005).
* Terraine, John. Mons, The Retreat to Victory. Wordsworth. pp. 200–202
