Halen 24 – Fourth Charge
Halen 24 - Fourth Charge Immediately after 4th Squadron, 1st Squadron attacked. They went in the same direction, but stayed south of the creek and came up from the IJzerbeek Bridge…
Halen 22 – Third Charge – 2
Halen 23 - Third Charge – 3 1400 Hours. The leading elements of the Belgian 4th Mixed Bde arrived on the eastern edge of the Loksbergen Wood. The commander of the…
Halen 21 – Third Charge – 1
Halen 21 - Third Charge - 1Belgian 2nd Squadron/5 Lancers was repositioned between 3rd and 1st Squadrons/4 Lancers. It had arrived in position just in time to beat off the…
Halen 20 – Second Charge -2
Halen 20 - Second Charge -2 The 1st Comp/Cy Bn elements that formed the utmost left flank of the hastily assembled line of defense was established by both Van Overstraeten and…
Halen 19 – Second Charge -1
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
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…
Halen 17 – First Charge-2
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
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…
Halen 11 – German Jaeger’s Attack 3
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
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…