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  2. Belgian Army order of battle (1914) - Wikipedia

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    The Belgian government ordered a general mobilisation on 31 July 1914. [9] During the early stages of the 1914 campaign, the military had a strength of nearly 220,000 men: 120,500 regular soldiers. [6] 65,000 reservists assigned to fortress units [6] 46,000 militia of the Garde Civique [6] 18,000 new volunteers. [6]

  3. Belgium in World War I - Wikipedia

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    1918 American poster used to encourage the purchase of War Bonds. The history of Belgium in World War I traces Belgium's role between the German invasion in 1914, through the continued military resistance and occupation of the territory by German forces to the armistice in 1918, as well as the role it played in the international war effort ...

  4. German invasion of Belgium (1914) - Wikipedia

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    Battle of Halen, 12 August 1914. Contemporary Belgian depiction of the Battle of Halen. The Battle of Halen (Haelen) was fought by mounted and dismounted cavalry and other forces on 12 August 1914 between German forces, led by Georg von der Marwitz and Belgian forces, led by Lieutenant-General Léon de Witte.

  5. German occupation of Belgium during World War I - Wikipedia

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    German troops marching through the Belgian capital, Brussels, in 1914. The German occupation of Belgium (French: Occupation allemande, Dutch: Duitse bezetting) of World War I was a military occupation of Belgium by the forces of the German Empire between 1914 and 1918. Beginning in August 1914 with the invasion of neutral Belgium, the country ...

  6. Siege of Antwerp (1914) - Wikipedia

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    The Siege of Antwerp (Dutch: Beleg van Antwerpen, French: Siège d'Anvers, German: Belagerung von Antwerpen) was an engagement between the German and the Belgian, British and French armies around the fortified city of Antwerp during World War I. German troops besieged a garrison of Belgian fortress troops, the Belgian field army and the British ...

  7. Battle of Liège - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Liège (5–16 August 1914) was the opening engagement of the German invasion of Belgium and the first battle of the First World War.The city of Liège was protected by a ring of modern fortresses, one of several fortified cities to delay an invasion to allow troops from the powers which had guaranteed Belgian neutrality to assist the Belgian Army in the expulsion of the invaders.

  8. Sack of Louvain - Wikipedia

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    Belgian civilians. The Sack of Louvain was the German assault on the Belgian town of Leuven (French: Louvain), part of the events collectively known as the Rape of Belgium, taking place during the First World War. Over the course of several days of pillaging and brutality, 248 people were killed and 1,500 were deported to Germany where they ...

  9. Yser Front - Wikipedia

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    The Yser Front (French: Front de l'Yser, Dutch: Front aan de IJzer or IJzerfront), sometimes termed the West Flemish Front in British writing, was a section of the Western Front during World War I held by Belgian troops from October 1914 until 1918. The front ran along the Yser river (IJzer) and Yser Canal (Ieperlee) in the far north-west of ...

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