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- German_invasion_of_Belgium abstract "The German invasion of Belgium began on 4 August 1914; on 24 July 1914 the Belgian government had announced that if war came it would uphold its neutrality. On 31 July the Belgians mobilised the armed forces and in Germany a state of Kriegsgefahr ("danger of war") was proclaimed. On 1 August the German government sent an ultimatum to Belgium, demanding passage through the country and German forces invaded Luxembourg. Two days later the Belgian Government refused German demands and the British Government guaranteed military support to Belgium. On 4 August the German government declared war on Belgium, troops crossed the border and attacked Liège. German military operations in Belgium were intended to bring the 1st, 2nd and 3rd armies into positions in Belgium, from which they could invade France, which led to sieges of Belgian fortresses along the Meuse river at Namur, after the fall of Liège on 7 August and the surrender of the last forts on 16/17 August. The government abandoned Brussels on 17 August and after fighting on the Gete river, the Belgian field army withdrew westwards, to the National Redoubt at Antwerp on 19 August. Brussels was occupied the next day and Namur attacked on 21 August.After the battles of Mons and Charleroi the bulk of the German armies marched south into France, leaving small forces to garrison Brussels and the Belgian railways. The III Reserve Corps advanced to the fortified zone around Antwerp and a division of the IV Reserve Corps garrisoned Brussels. The Belgian field army made several sorties from Antwerp in late August and September, intended to harass German communications and to assist the French and the BEF by keeping German troops in Belgium. German troop withdrawals to reinforce the main armies in France were postponed, to repulse a Belgian sortie from 9–13 September and a corps in transit was retained in Belgium for several days. Belgian resistance and German fear of Francs-tireurs, led the Germans to implement a policy of schrecklichkeit ("frightfulness") against Belgian civilians soon after the invasion, in which massacres, executions, hostage taking and the burning of towns and villages took place and became known as the Rape of Belgium.While the French armies and the British Expeditionary Force ("BEF") conducted the Great Retreat into France (24 August – 28 September), small detachments of the Belgian, French and British armies conducted operations against German cavalry and Jäger. On 27 August a squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service ("RNAS") flew to Ostend, for air reconnaissance sorties between Bruges, Ghent and Ypres. British marines landed in France on 19/20 September and began scouting unoccupied Belgium in motor cars; an RNAS Armoured Car Section was created by fitting vehicles with bullet-proof steel. On 2 October the Marine Brigade of the Royal Naval Division was moved to Antwerp, followed by the rest of the division on 6 October. From 6–7 October the 7th Division and the 3rd Cavalry Division landed at Zeebrugge and naval forces collected at Dover were formed into the Dover Patrol, to operate in the Channel and off the French-Belgian coast. Despite some British reinforcement, the German siege of Antwerp ended when the forts had been smashed by German super-heavy artillery. The city was abandoned on 9 October and Allied forces withdrew to West Flanders.At the end of the "Race to the Sea" (17 September – 19 October), a period of reciprocal attempts by the Germans and Franco-British, to outflank their opponents on the western flank as it was extended northwards, from the Aisne, through Picardy, Artois and Flanders, military operations in Belgium moved westwards from Antwerp to the area close to the border with France. The Belgian army fought a defensive battle on the Yser (16–31 October) from Nieuport south to Dixmude, as the 4th Army attacked westwards and French, British and some Belgian troops fought the First Battle of Ypres (19 October – 22 November) against the 4th and 6th armies. By November 1914, most of Belgium was under German occupation and Allied blockade. A military administration Kaiserliches Deutsches Generalgouvernement Belgien (the "Generalgouvernement"), had been established on 26 August 1914, to rule Belgium through the pre-war Belgian administrative system, overseen by a small group of German officers and officials. Belgium was divided into three administrative zones, the General Governorate, which included the capital Brussels and the hinterland, a second zone, under the 4th Army, including Ghent and Antwerp and a third zone under the German Navy including the coast; the German occupation was maintained until late 1918.".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium causalties "2,000".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium commander Albert_I_of_Belgium.
- German_invasion_of_Belgium commander Alexander_von_Kluck.
- German_invasion_of_Belgium commander G%C3%A9rard_Leman.
- German_invasion_of_Belgium commander Karl_von_B%C3%BClow.
- German_invasion_of_Belgium date "1914-08-04".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium isPartOfMilitaryConflict World_War_I.
- German_invasion_of_Belgium result "German victory".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium strength "117,000".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium strength "750,000".
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- German_invasion_of_Belgium campaignbox "Belgium and northern France 1914".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium caption "German invasion of Belgium".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium casualties "2000".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium casualties "30000".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium commander "Albert I".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium commander "Alexander von Kluck".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium commander "Gérard Leman".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium commander "Karl von Bülow".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium conflict "German invasion of Belgium".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium date "1914-08-04".
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- German_invasion_of_Belgium partof World_War_I.
- German_invasion_of_Belgium place "Belgium".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium result "German victory".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium strength "117000".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium strength "750000".
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- German_invasion_of_Belgium comment "The German invasion of Belgium began on 4 August 1914; on 24 July 1914 the Belgian government had announced that if war came it would uphold its neutrality. On 31 July the Belgians mobilised the armed forces and in Germany a state of Kriegsgefahr ("danger of war") was proclaimed. On 1 August the German government sent an ultimatum to Belgium, demanding passage through the country and German forces invaded Luxembourg.".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium label "German invasion of Belgium".
- German_invasion_of_Belgium label "Invasione tedesca del Belgio (1914)".
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