First shot memorial
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first-shot-memorial-228-2923442
title:
First shot memorial
text:
The first shot memorial is the common name of a monument in Casteau, Belgium, marking the first British engagement on the Western Front of the First World War. The monument stands near to the start of a charge made by elements of C Squadron of the 4th Dragoon Guards, commanded by Captain Charles Beck Hornby, against cavalry scouts from the German 9th Cavalry Division on 22 August 1914. A number of Germans were sabred and captured before the unit came under fire from a larger German force. The Br
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description:
British war monument in Casteau, Belgium
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_shot_memorial
date created:
2021-07-31T06:56:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T10:50:48Z
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