WWI 17th August 1914, The British Expeditionary Force arriving in Boulogne (50000 infantry, artillery & 5 cavalry brigades). The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the six-division British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War. Planning for a British Expeditionary Force began with the 1906-1912 Haldane term is often used to refer only to the forces present in France prior to the end of the First Battle of Ypres on 22 November 1914

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