Saturday, 8 November 2014

26th August 1914 KOYLI Le Cateau - Hold - Stand and Fight

On the 26th of August at the Royal Armouries, The Rifles, successor to the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry commemorated the Holding Action at Le Cateau where soldiers from the KOYLI stood and held-back a German attack that was designed to roll back the British Expeditionary Force and turn a stubborn retreat into a rout. 

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