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After the battle of Haelen (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • trialsanderrors said:
    The Battle of Haelen was a cavalry battle on the Western Front at the beginning of World War I. It took place on August 12, 1914 between German forces led by Georg von der Marwitz and the Belgian forces led by Leon De Witte and resulted in a tactical victory for the Belgians.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Haelen_(1914)
  • Wystan said:
    1914, not "circa 1910."
  • DarkAngelDay said:
    Fantastic


  • See Anything said:
    Brutal...
  • Andrey Timofeev said:
    Wow O_O

Proving identity -- Near Diest (LOC)

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  • Art Siegel said:
    Cropped from original Agence Meurisse photo shown at Bibliotheque Nationale de France's Gallica site, with following caption:
    "En Belgique : combats de Haelen et de Diest : dans un village près de diest, vérification d'identité "
    [In Belgium: Battle of Haelen and Diest: In a village near Diest, verifying identity]

    En Belgique : combats de Haelen et de Diest : dans un village près de diest, vérification d'identité



    Pub. Date 1914

Road from Diest to Haelen (LOC)

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  • Kilted Cowboy said:
    the New York Times has a vivid recount of the battle query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FA0B12F93A5B13...
  • Art Siegel said:
    This Bain picture appears to have been taken on the same road:
    After the battle of Haelen (LOC)
  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Haelen_%281914%29 says "De Witte repulsed the German cavalry attacks by ordering his men (which included a company of cyclists and another of pioneers) to dismount and meet the attack with massed rifle fire, which succeeded in inflicting significant casualties upon the Germans. The battle demonstrated the advent of the irrelevance of mounted cavalry charges on the battlefield."
  • aware health said:
    swanq That would explain all the dead horses, all right...