A postcard of sentry duty on the floodplain of the Yser Canal. In October 1914, the Belgian Army fell back to a position along the Yser River, and struggled to hold the line in a battle that began on October 16. Canals and dykes kept the River and the North Sea from the low-lying countryside. Struggling to hold their position, the Belgians opened the floodgates of the Yser on October 28, flooding the plain, stopping the German advance, and holding the Channel coast.
Posten im Überschwemmungsgebiet am Yserkanal.
Sentry duty on the floodplain on the Yserkanal.
Reverse:
Gedenk-Postkarte 1914-1915
Commemorative postcard
Message dated July 27, 1915, and field-postmarked the next day:
Armierungs-Bataillon Brief-Stempel
V. Komp. A. A. Falkenhausen
Reinforcement Battalion letter stamp
V. Comp. A. A. Falkenhausen
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