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Montreuil-aux-Lions British Cemetery

Between the 10^th and 12^th September the Germans, having been halted in their stride at the Battle of the Marne and desperate not to be cut off,  retreated to the River Aisne where the natural defences were very strong. The British and the French Armies followed in pursuit.

On 10^th September, 1^st King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 6^th Brigade, 2^nd Division saw German troops moving from Vinly towards Chézy where  they unlimbered their guns and deployed their infantry in a sunken road.  At 10am 1^st King’s Royal Rifle Corps advanced on these German positions and succeeded in pinning them down. At the same time 1^st Berkshire and 2^nd South Staffs worked round the flanks.  The Germans surrendered with casualties of 150 from a force of 500.