They met the advancing German army at Mons, a town in southern Belgium, and heavily outnumbered were soon forced to retreat. 英国远征军奉命到比利时,在比利时南部蒙斯市遇上挺进的德军,寡不敌众,不久就被迫撤退。
After their defeat by the Germans at Mons in1914, the Allies staged a retreat from Belgium. 一九一四年,同盟国军队在蒙斯为德军所败,从比利时撤退。