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Halen 26 – Regimental Bridging

Post author:joerookery
Post published:January 2, 2020
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 26 – Regimental Bridging Every cavalry Regiment had a grouping of wagons known as the fighting baggage.Cavalry regiments had a fighting baggage of the following: 58 replacement horses;two medical aid horses;two…

Everything that shoots Is being used: employment of captured MGs

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 20, 2019
Post category:Frank's Friday Machine Guns

Dec 20: Everything that shoots Is being used: employment of captured MGs The Captured Machine Gun ManualCaptured machine guns became so important to the German war effort that these weapons, where…

Halen 24 – Fourth Charge

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 19, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 24 - Fourth Charge Immediately after 4th Squadron, 1st Squadron attacked. They went in the same direction, but stayed south of the creek and came up from the IJzerbeek Bridge…

Halen 22 – Third Charge – 2

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 18, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 23 - Third Charge – 3 1400 Hours. The leading elements of the Belgian 4th Mixed Bde arrived on the eastern edge of the Loksbergen Wood. The commander of the…

Halen 21 – Third Charge – 1

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 17, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 21 - Third Charge - 1Belgian 2nd Squadron/5 Lancers was repositioned between 3rd and 1st Squadrons/4 Lancers. It had arrived in position just in time to beat off the…

Halen 20 – Second Charge -2

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 16, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 20 - Second Charge -2 The 1st Comp/Cy Bn elements that formed the utmost left flank of the hastily assembled line of defense was established by both Van Overstraeten and…

Halen 19 – Second Charge -1

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 15, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 19 - Second Charge -1Returning to the point where we had left Velpen unoccupied by the Guides, Van Overstraeten was convinced that this hamlet was indeed defended, because Capt.-Commandant…

Halen 18 – Cyclists Try to Reposition

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 14, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 18 – Cyclists Try to Reposition 1200 Hours. Lt. Van Overstraeten stated, "When 1st Battery opened fire from the Mettenberg" around noon, he saw Cyclists coming from the station, moving…

Dec 13: Forgotten machine-guns II: Louis Schmeisser and the Dreyse-MG

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 13, 2019
Post category:Frank's Friday Machine Guns

Dec 13: Forgotten machine-guns II: Louis Schmeisser and the Dreyse-MG Probably even before 1907, thus before the takeover by Rheinmetall, Louis Schmeisser moved as chief designer to the Dreyse-Werke in Sömmerda,…

Halen 17 – First Charge-2

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 12, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 17 - First Charge-2 Whatever their intention, the cavalry failed to change formation. This may be blamed on both the terrain and the failure of the reconnaissance patrol to give…