- Following a single company of riflemen and machine gunners as they fight the first battle of the war against a vast German army, a battle which delivers the first four Victoria Crosses of the war.
- Two weeks into the Great War a detachment of the 4th Royal Fusiliers, led by Lieutenant Maurice Dease arrives in South Belgium, setting up temporary camp in the town of Mons. Following a nocturnal encounter with Belgian refugees they learn that their task is to defend the Nimy bridge over the Mons canal against the German advance though the Royal Engineers would prefer to blow the bridge up. Dease captures a wounded German who tells him that he is not ready for the conflict but Dease, a professional soldier, waves this aside. However, after an eight hour skirmish the Germans win the battle of Mons. Four or the British combatants are awarded the Victoria Cross, three of whom will survive the war though Dease's medal is given posthumously.—don @ minifie-1
- August 1914, two weeks after the First World War was declared. 80,000 British troops have arrived in southern Belgium, but they have yet to engage the enemy. Amongst these professional soldiers are the 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers, some of the best trained gunners in the British Army. Lieutenant Maurice Dease and his friend, Australian Lieutenant Fred Steele, command two companies of riflemen and machine gunners who find themselves camping overnight at Nimy Bridge, the northernmost point of the Mons-Conde canal. The canal, surrounding the town of Mons, supports 18 bridges stretched along 20 miles of water - but everyone, including Private Sid Godley and his mate Private William Holbrook, expects to be crossing those bridges in the morning. Overnight, however, intelligence reports the Germans may be closer than the British think, and the Royal Engineers, including Lance Corporal Charles Jarvis and his sapper, Private Neary, are ordered to start preparing the bridges for demolition. What happens next, on Sunday 23 August, tests the soldiers' skill, courage and ingenuity to the absolute limit, leading to the first Victoria Crosses of the First World War. Not everyone will make it through the First Day.—Anonymous
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