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Halen 16 – First Charge-1

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 11, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 16 - First Charge-1 The German Cavalry nemesis would be the artillery located on both Bokkenberg and Mettenberg Hills—Artillerie à Cheval. This was the magnet. With visions of the Light…

Nov 29: Firing through the propeller disk area: Airborne-MGs 08 and 08/15

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 10, 2019
Post category:Frank's Friday Machine Guns Things that Fly

Nov 29: Firing through the propeller disk area: Airborne-MGs 08 and 08/15Despite the technically well-engineered Parabellum machine gun, the use of machine guns positioned to fire over the propeller arc…

Halen 11 – German Jaeger’s Attack 3

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 10, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 11 - German Jaeger's Attack 30925 Hours. An SHQ envoy handed de Witte an envelope:The Mixed Brigade of the 1st Belgian Army Divisionwill will, assembled near Sint-Margriete-Houtem, received the…

Halen 15 – Probing

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 10, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 15 - Probing1100 Hours. The German Jäger had not crossed the Gete Bridge at first because they feared the barricade and the brewery were still occupied. They soon determined…

Halen 14 – German Jaeger’s Consolidate

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 9, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 14 - German Jaeger's Consolidate The gate of the Wauters Brewery, which was the width of a cart, was used to provisionally connect both riverbanks to allow the follow-on German…

Halen 13 – German Jaeger’s Attack 5

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 8, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 13 - German Jaeger's Attack 5 As Van Overstraeten stated in 1964, Capt.-Commandant Tasnier had confirmed to him "two squadrons of Guides occupied Velpen and that the Lancers' right…

Halen 12 – German Jaeger’s Attack 4

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 7, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 12 - German Jaeger's Attack 4 One of de Witte's staff officers, Van Overstraeten, was to play a leading role in the battle and reported his recollections in 1964. He…

Halen 10 – German Jaeger’s Attack 2

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 5, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 10 - German Jaeger's Attack 2 0810 Hours. At the Gete River bridge, the 3rd Company/Cy Battalion at the railroad station fired on a German reconnaissance patrol. A handwritten report…

Dec 6: Forgotten machine-guns I: Bergmann old model and new model MGs

Post author:joerookery
Post published:December 5, 2019
Post category:Frank's Friday Machine Guns

Dec 6: Forgotten machine-guns I: Bergmann old model and new model MGs Very early on in the procurement of machine guns, the German Army decided on the Maxim system and set…

Halen 9 – German Jaeger’s Attack 1

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

Halen 9 - German Jaeger's Attack 10300 Hours. A telephone call was received by the Belgian Cavalry Division Staff. "From Herk came the message that twelve German cavalrymen had crossed…