WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
Hacking Through Belgium cover

Hacking Through Belgium

Chapter 1: HACKING THROUGH BELGIUM
By Edmund Dane
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

History - EuropeanHistory - Warfare

About This Book

A detailed contemporary account of the German invasion and the Belgian response during the opening phase of the First World War. It traces diplomatic demands for military passage, the Belgian government's refusal, and subsequent fighting around fortresses and cities such as Liège, Namur and Antwerp. The narrative examines the Belgian army's conduct, the tactical significance of its resistance, episodes of German occupation and reported atrocities including the destruction of Louvain, and the political and moral repercussions for Europe. Interspersed with chronology and analysis, the work emphasizes civilian suffering, military movements, and the sustaining value of national resolve.

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Hacking Through Belgium

This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.

Title: Hacking Through Belgium

Author: Edmund Dane

Release date: February 28, 2018 [eBook #56661]

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Brian Coe and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HACKING THROUGH BELGIUM ***

Transcriber’s Note

Text on cover added by Transcriber and placed in the Public Domain.

Table of Contents added by Transcriber. Text of the original book begins after the Contents.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
The “Scrap of Paper” 7
CHAPTER II
Liége 23
CHAPTER III
The Moral and Military Effect 38
CHAPTER IV
The Belgian Army and Its Work 51
CHAPTER V
The German Tidal Wave 69
CHAPTER VI
The Germans in Brussels 87
CHAPTER VII
The Final Hack 105
CHAPTER VIII
The Crime of Louvain 120
CHAPTER IX
The Politics of Rapine 142
CHAPTER X
The Agony of Antwerp 154
Chronology of Chief Events 172

The Daily Telegraph
WAR BOOKS

HACKING THROUGH BELGIUM

The Daily Telegraph
WAR BOOKS

HOW THE WAR BEGAN
By W. L. Courtney, LL.D., and J. M. Kennedy

THE FLEETS AT WAR
By Archibald Hurd.

THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN
By George Hooper.

THE CAMPAIGN ROUND LIEGE
By J. M. Kennedy.

IN THE FIRING LINE: Stories of Actual Fighting
by the Men who Fought. By A. St. John Adcock.

GREAT BATTLES OF THE WORLD
By Stephen Crane, Author of “The Red Badge
of Courage.”

THE RED CROSS IN WAR
By Miss M. F. Billington.

FORTY YEARS AFTER: The Story of the
Franco-German War. By H. C. Bailey, with
Introduction by W. L. Courtney, LL.D.

A SCRAP OF PAPER: The Inner History
of German Diplomacy. By Dr. E. J. Dillon.

HOW THE NATIONS WAGED WAR
By J. M. Kennedy.

BRITISH REGIMENTS AT THE FRONT
The Glorious Story of their Battle Honours.

HACKING THROUGH BELGIUM
By Edmund Dane.

AIRCRAFT IN WAR
By Eric S. Bruce.

FAMOUS FIGHTS OF INDIAN NATIVE
REGIMENTS
By Reginald Hodder.

THE RETREAT TO PARIS
By Roger Ingpen.

MOTOR TRANSPORT IN WAR
By Horace Wyatt.

THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE
By Marr Murray.

HODDER AND STOUGHTON

HACKING THROUGH
BELGIUM

BY
EDMUND DANE

HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
MCMXIV