What Country Invaded Beligium in 1914 and Again in 1940
August 4, 1914 - Invasion of Belgium
A summary by Micheline Gutmann
Translation into English language by David Presburger-Hauser and Gaby Laws
In France:
As of August iii, 1914:
President of the Republic: Raymond Poincar�
Prime minister: Ren� Viviani
Strange Diplomacy: Gaston Doumergue
Government minister of War: Adolphe Messimy
Generalissimo of French Armies: Marshal Joseph Joffre
August 2, 1914: Decisions in England
Full general mobilization in France
After consulting with the French and High german governments about their intentions regarding an invasion of Kingdom of belgium and the respond from Frg, Sir Edward Grey tells the Commons he intends to go along with the mobilization already started and declares:
1 The English language fleet guarantees France�s security confronting the German language fleet
ii. England strongly suports the neutrality of Belgium
August 3, 1914: Deutschland adresses an ultimatum to Kingdom of belgium then invades
The Government minister from Deutschland, after learning that the French army was approaching the Belgian border, sends an ultimatum to Kingdom of belgium asking permission to cross its territory to facilitate their operations.
Equally Kingdom of belgium refuses, the Germans invade in the dark, aided by three airships flying over Brussels.
German language ultimatum to France Meanwhile, 100,000 Germans march through Grand duchy of luxembourg in guild to get together along the French border.
Announcement of war from Germany to France.
On Baronial 4, 1914, United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland enters the state of war
Immediate issue: England which does not have the violation of Belgian neutrality, declares war This automatically results in near countries of the Republic and colonies of the British Empire entering the war.
King Albert I takes command of the Belgian Army.
Grand Duke Nicolas Nikolayevich appointed Main of the armed forces of Russia
Italy notifies French republic of its neutrality
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Tortured civilians, destroyed cities in Belgium
Since July 29, post-obit worrying diplomatic maneuvers deployed in the recent weeks, the military has been put "on a strenghtened peace footing". Yet, it was poorly equipped and the reorganization plan was to be fully achieved by 1918 just.
Since the German invasion started, troops massacred some six,500 unarmed Belgians. Many cities were destroyed. Equally the resistance of the Belgian army served every bit a protective screen in forepart of the French, German reprisals raged: expulsion from homes, humans used as shields, executions ...In backlog of a million Belgians fleed to France, the Netherlands, or United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland.
Li�ge with its cordon of 12 forts resisted for 12 days, which allowed the French army time to regroup. The brave Belgian ground forces, with the assistance of the French in Namur and the British in Mons, stopped the Germans. Simply they were exhausted. The King ordered retreat to the fort of Antwerp on August 18.
 Photo Antwerp 1911 (Collection Gutmann) |  Portrait of Male monarch Albert I (Wikipedia) |
This is when General Louis Bernheim made a great impression (see historical and genealogical details in GenAmi #25).
But the city roughshod on October 10 and much of the military retreated barely in time, some destroyed the weapons and ammunition, but many were taken prisoners in holland. At Dinant, 700 civilians were massacred.
Fighting raged in the region of the Yser from October 17 to 31.
The flooding ot the manifestly ended the battle by stopping the enemy.
During four years of force, bravery and suffering, the Begian people held the enemy... (to be continued)
We strongly recommend readers interested to learn more to check : http://www.sambre-marne-yser.be/ This website is organized both with detailed historical information and many images.
The Belgian government finds refuge at Sainte-Adresse
Its representatives were able to operate legally there and with complete authority, according to French authorities.
On October 13, 1914, two vessels sailed from Confirm with regime members, their families, administrations, gendarmes and a diplomatic contingent, totaling over 1,000 people. In this Normandy resort, the Belgians had their own post office and telegraph, a car repair shop, a school and even a weapons factory.
King Albert I never came in person to Sainte-Adresse. As he did not want to leave Belgian territory, he stayed in De Panne. The Prime Minister was therefore commuting betwixt Sainte-Adresse and the Belgian coast for the proper management of the land.
Among those arriving on October thirteen, were Paul Hymans, who would subsequently become Belgian foreign government minister, accompanied past his wife Th�r�se Goldschmidt, aunt of Marcel, the male parent of our friend Michel.
Here is what Claude Geudevert has to say about him. Nosotros�ll discuss his family soon.
 Portrait Wikipedia: Hymans Paul | HYMANS Paul Louis Adrien � 03.23.1865 Brussels (Ixelles) + 03.08.1941 Squeamish (06) 10 04.xiv.1898 Th�r�se H�fifty�ne Goldschmidt � 04.02.873 Berlin + 03.13.1963 Brussels Liberal politician; Dr. of Law and professor at the academy he represented in Brussels from 1900 to 1941; appointed to a Chiffonier position in 1906, he held several ministerial posts: Economic Diplomacy (1917-1918) Foreign Affairs (1918-20, 24-25, 1927-34) justice (1926-1927) and Foreign Affairs/Foreign Trade (1934-1935). He was a member of the Chiffonier from 1935 to 1936. He developed an important diplomatic and international activity: offset Belgian plenipotentiary envoy at the Paris Peace conference in Versailles (1919) he presided over the first meeting of the League of Nations (1920). Marcel Goldschmidt, participated in the fighting himself: |
Mobilization booklet and photograph of Marcel Goldschmidt horseback riding (Documents Michel Goldschsmidt)
To be continued...
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