What significant event took place in Mons on 23-24 August 1914?
Battle of Waterloo
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
Battle of Mons
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Answer
The Battle of Mons took place on 23-24 August 1914, during which the British forces were forced to retreat by a numerically superior German force. The town remained occupied by the Germans until its liberation in the final days of World War I.