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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…

Nov 15: Light machine-guns desperately needed: the machine-gun crisis of 1915 and the lMG 08/15

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 14, 2019
Post category:Frank's Friday Machine Guns

Nov 15: Light machine-guns desperately needed: the machine-gun crisis of 1915 and the lMG 08/15It was Robert Watson-Watt, Winston Churchill’s scientific advisor, who said: “Give me the third best technology.…

Halen 8 Duffer’s Drift

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 13, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 8 Duffer’s DriftThe Belgians had set the defense. Tactically, how close are they to established norms if there were established norms. One of the simple lessons taught in many…

Halen 7 Belgian Defense-2

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

Halen 7 Belgian Defense-2Defending a river line can be tricky because of the lines of visibility. It was de Witte's decision to make maximum use of visibility by setting up…

Halen 6 – Belgian Defense-1

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

Halen 6 - Belgian defense-1The Belgian Cavalry Division was commanded by 57-year-old Lt. Gen de Witte. The fifth Lancer Regiment was pretty much brand-new and had been formed at the…

Halen 5- Estimate of the situation, How to approach this?

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

Halen 5- Estimate of the situation, How to approach this?Lt. Gen. von der Marwitz commander of HKK 2, had a very clear objective. Somehow, he needed to pry the left…

Halen 4- Belgian Forces

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

Halen 4- Belgian Forces The Belgian Cavalry Division consisted of two brigades, a separate battalion of Cyclists, and a horse artillery battalion of twelve guns divided into three batteries. The…