Battle of the Yser - Wikipedia
The Battle of the Yser (French: Bataille de l'Yser, Dutch: Slag om de IJzer) was a battle of the First World War that took place in October 1914 between the towns of Nieuwpoort and Diksmuide, along a 35 km (22 mi) stretch of the Yser River and the Yperlee Canal, in Belgium. [4]
The Flooding of the Yser, October 1914 - First World War.com
Primary Documents - The Flooding of the Yser, October 1914. Reproduced below is an account of the Belgian government's decision to open the Canal locks at Nieuwpoort on 25 October 1914, thereby ending the Battle of Yser.
The flooding of Belgium by the Belgian army in 1914 at the start …
May 23, 2013 · Superb footage of Belgian artillery firing over a road on which refugees are passing. Smiling soldiers off to war. The ruined forts of Loncin and Liege, Namen, Haelen, and Antwerp. Flemish boy...
First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of the Yser, 1914
With Belgian resistance weakening and the King, Albert I, fearing a German breakthrough in the direction of Dunkirk and Calais, the Belgians took the drastic step of opening of the Canal locks at Nieuwpoort on 25 October. The result was a gradual flooding of the low country between the Canal and the railway.
Yser Front - Wikipedia
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.
World War One History: The Battle of Yser in 1914 - Owlcation
Apr 7, 2012 · Belgian King Refuses to Retreat From Belgium By October 24, the Germans were attacking along the entire front, and the Belgians were running low on ammunition. The only reinforcements they received was a French division to strengthen the garrison at Nieuwpoort.
First World War.com - Feature Articles - Brave Little Belgium
Fight For The Advanced Posts: The Royal Navy Intervenes. The Flooding Of The Polders. On the 14 th, Belgian engineers began to prepare the defence line on the Yser. The Germans were never able to penetrate this defence, and for four more years, this was the Belgian army's calvary.
3 Spillway of the Noordvaart canal, through which the flooding was carried out on 29 October 1914 The northwesternmost part of Belgium played an important part in the First World War, as it was there, on the plains of the river Yser, that the advance of the German Fourth Army came to a halt. This was thanks to a tried and tested method: flooding
Antwerp was bombarded by German canons and fell on 10 October 1914. The German plan was to cut through the northwest corner of Belgium, control the northern sea ports of France (Dunkirke and Calais) to cutoff the English, and march on toward Paris. But, Belgians hunkered down behind the Yser River and a network of canals and irrigations channels...
The World War One German invasion of Belgium… What …
Apr 21, 2015 · On August 3, he ordered the destruction of the bridges, tunnels, and railways connected to Liege as the German forces began to flood across the small Belgian border. The next day the German Army of the Meuse arrayed for battle outside the ring of forts.