This is the order of battle for the Belgian Army at the start of the German invasion of Belgium in August 1914.
Belgian carabiniers leading machine guns drawn by dog carts, photographed during the Battle of the Frontiers in August or September 1914
Two soldiers from the Guides cavalry, pictured in August 1914
A Belgian 75mm Model 1905 Field Gun in 1914
A 1912 caricature of the "active" Garde Civique on parade in Ghent by the artist Jules De Bruycker
Battle of the Frontiers
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The Battle of the Frontiers comprised battles fought along the eastern frontier of France and in southern Belgium, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. The battles resolved the military
Belgian Army order of battle (1914)
…Belgian carabiniers leading machine guns drawn by dog carts, photographed during the Battle of the Frontiers in August or September 1914 This is the order of battle for the Belgian Army at the start of the German invasion of Belgium in August 1914. Background…
Headline in Le Soir, 4 August 1914
French capture of Mulhouse, 8 August 1914
Initial moves, 7–20 August 1914