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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…

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…