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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…

Halen 3-German forces

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

Halen 3-German forcesWhen discussing German cavalry units, there is a myriad of names. For instance, at the Battle of Halen were Husaren, Dragoner, Ulanen, and Kürassiere. The Germans operated so…

Nov 8: The standard machine-gun of the German army: MG 08

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 7, 2019
Post category:Frank's Friday Machine Guns

Nov 8: The standard machine-gun of the German army: MG 08 In 1906-07, the formation of a machine gun company with “old type” equipment (meaning the MG 01 with Type 06…

Halen 2

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

Halen 2 Today the battlefield is still pretty pristine. It is much today similar to how it was in 1914. There has not been a huge amount of urban encroachment,…

Halen 1

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

Halen 1 one. Why was Halen?On the far right wing of the Moltke's attack there were as a grand total of three cavalry divisions. One of those three was still…

Life in a Garrison Town

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 4, 2019
Post category:Officers

This book written in 1902-3, was banned in Germany, and the author found himself the object of courts martial. The book was banned as it "libeled superior officers." True, but such…

Tactical Symbols

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 3, 2019
Post category:Army in general Great General Staff

Tactical symbolsThis is a very short synopsis of the German Tactical Symbols used on maps at the very start of the war in 1914. These morphed over time, however the…

Nov 1: The beginning with Sir Hiram Maxim’s guns: MG 99 and MG 01

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 1, 2019
Post category:Frank's Friday Machine Guns

This blog is written by Dr. Frank Buchholz Nov 1: The beginning with Sir Hiram Maxim’s guns: MG 99 and MG 01 In 1888 Hiram Maxim presented the latest product…