August 5, 1914
August 5, 1914When the Germans sent an emissary to ask for their surrender, the Belgians responded, “Force your way through the gap.” The actual fight for the city and fortress…
August 4, 1914
August 4, 1914 The Army of the Meuse crossed the border into Belgium on a forty-kilometer front: six brigades of infantry and all of HKK 2—approximately twenty-five thousand soldiers and…
Visé Bridge
Nothing was more important to be immediate success of the Handstreich or sneak attack and the capture of the bridge Visé intact. All of the other bridges and tunnels would…
Tunnels
Look at this picture. When one thinks of the invasion of Belgium we think a wide open plains. Easy terrain for both cavalry and infantry. No hills. Some rivers. But…