If authentic, this reference would pre-date Arthur Machen's The Bowmen—widely held to be the source of the Angels of Mons legend.
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Haig was later forced to dismiss Charteris after Charteris angered Lord Derby, then Secretary of State for War.
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A letter from Charteris, dated 5 September 1914, noted "the story of the Angels of Mons is going strong through the 2nd Corps".
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