There was some truth to the story however as some soldiers at the battle did claim to have seen angels hovering above them in the sky and some even claimed to have seen angels directly beside them. These claims however can be attributed to a lack of sleep and battle fatigue as many of the British soldiers had not slept in several days and were performing strenuous labor, and adding to that was the fact that this was the first major British battle of the war and tensions were high. There are other versions of the story that align more with these claims by the soldiers, such as them seeing a single angel appearing in the sky and protecting them during the retreat. However the story of the bowmen remains the most popular and widely believed.

Maybe True?

The rest of this is pure conjecture on my part but I felt it should be included. There’s a Doctor by the name of Richard Pearce who has written a book called Miracles and Angels. In the book he talks about the Angels of Mons and says that he interviewed numerous soldiers who did witness the angels. He collected numerous newspaper clippings about it and even found two French nurses from the time who said it was a true story. Most incredible of all he found a signed legal affidavit from a German soldier who said he saw the angels firing at them. If all this is true it’s either a case of mass hysteria or there could actually be more to it. I personally believe in the former but I have not read his book and was unable to obtain a copy before writing this article. What is presented in this section is what I found online so it goes without saying, take it with a pinch of salt. I do have the book ordered so when it arrives and I have a chance to read through it I may update this article later on. For now though I can only say that the Angels of Mons is a work of fiction that people mistakenly believed.