HIST 387 Lecture 6: 387 - Week 6 – Lecture 1 - War.docx
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Belgians constructed major fortresses at liege, namur (on the meuse) and ____ = built to withstand what had been the strongest artillery but the austrian skoda works were building 305mm howitzers = massive. Krupp then built 420mm howitzers that needed rail transport preferably rail spur with concrete bedding though 2 were transportable by 1914: germans also borrowed skoda howitzers from austrians = well equipped for the attack upon liege. German infantry attacked and was cut down by the defenders = heavy losses 5th august no success. 20th august = furthest part of the french attack nearly reached strasbourg on the rhine though they did not actually ever reach the rhine in alsace. 26th august the german forces had advanced via counterattacks frontier battles battles of frontiers and on borders. North liege then namur by 25th august = battles of mons and charleroi with the bef against german forces the.
