The Angels of Mons

The Angels of Mons
The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War

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The Angels of Mons by Arthur Machen

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1915

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The Angels of Mons
The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War

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Though the story itself is nothing, it has yet had such odd and unforeseen consequences and adventures that the tale of them may possess some interest. And then, again, there are certain psychological morals to be drawn from the whole matter of the tale and its sequel of rumours and discussions that are not, I think, devoid of consequence; and so to begin at the beginning.

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have been "hallucinated," and proceeds to give the theory of sensory hallucination. She forgets that, by her own showing, there is no reason to suppose that anybody has been hallucinated at all. Someone (unknown) has met a nurse (unnamed) who has talked to a soldier (anonymous) who has seen angels. But that is not evidence; and not even Sam Weller at his gayest would have dared to offer it as such in the Court of Common Pleas. So far, then, nothing remotely approaching proof has been offered as to any supernatural intervention during the Retreat from Mons. Proof may come; if so, it will be interesting and more than interesting.

But, taking the affair as it stands at present, how is it that a nation plunged in materialism of the grossest kind has accepted idle rumours and gossip of the supernatural as certain truth? The answer is contained in the question: it is precisely because our whole atmosphere is materialist that we are ready to credit anything--save the truth. Separate a man from

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The Bowmen is a strange story of a British infantry outfit in WWI, defending its trenches against a German assault outnumbering them ten-to-one. The British are fans of legendary heroes (Arthur, St. George) appearing in moments of trouble. It's all men doing man stuff, with a plug for vegetarianism.