The Archive · 1914

No Support on Critical Day

By about 6 p.m. the Second Corps had got into position with their right on Lo Cateau, their left in the neighbourhood of Caudry, and the line of defence was continued thence by the 4th Division towards Servanvillers, the} left being thrown back.

During the fighting on the 2th and 25th the Cavalry became a good deal scattered, but by the early morning of the 28th General Allenby had succeeded in cancentrating two brigades to the south of Cambrai.

The 4th Division was placed under the orders of the General Offi

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