Battle of Mons

The  was the first battle of the British Army in World War I. (PROSE: Matrix, COMIC: The Weeping Angels of Mons)

The British troops were defending the Belgian town of Mons from the advancing Germans. Shortly before the battle on 21 August 1914, Jamie Colquhoun and Harry were doing reconnaissance of the town and encountered a Weeping Angel.

Thomas Monaghan heard rumours of Weeping Angels making German soldiers vanish during the battle. (COMIC: The Weeping Angels of Mons)

Captain Dudgeon fought in the Battle of Mons. In 1917, he told Ace that he saw an angel during the battle. He described the angel as a tall man with wings who was holding a quiver and a bow. Ace had previously heard of the Angels of Mons but believed them to be a myth or mass hysteria. (AUDIO: No Man's Land)