Author: joerookery

Halen 33-Belgian Reinforcements Arrived – 2 Their speed seemed insufficient. Two officers of the Cav Div Staff coming by urged them on more, but as Lt.C Beernaerts later wrote, did not…

Halen 32: Belgian Reinforcements Arrive            The 4th Mixed Bde Adjutant told 1st Bn/4th Line2 Inf Regt Commander Maj. Rademakers, "Halen is taken. You have to recapture it. If you hurry…

Halen 28- Charge Six and Seven The 5th Squadron/Kü Nr 2, released from its guarding mission, came via the Halen-Velpen-Loksbergen Road to the last houses of Velpen. The 5th Squadron had…

Halen 27 – the Sixth charge The first to cross the river were the Kürassiere. They rode beside the water, crossing the road to Bloemendaal and the railroad track towards Tienen,…

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…

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 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 - 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 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…