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Dinant

The Belgian Front, August 1914, Cologne, Germany, Luxemburg, Belgium and northern France include the Belgian forts of the Meuse at Liège, Namur, and Dinant, the fortress of Antwerp, and the capital of Brussels. The fortress of Liège (Lüttich) fell on August 16. German troops paraded in Brussels on August 20 as the Belgian Army fell back to Antwerp. Text: Westlichen Kriegsschauplatzes Köln-Lüttich-Brüssel Maßst[ab]. 1:2000000 Festungen, Forts.; Eisenbahnen Reverse: Logo: LB Postkarten des westlichen Kriegschauplatzes Nr. 2. Import.

The Belgian Front, August 1914, Cologne, Germany, Luxemburg, Belgium and northern France include the Belgian forts of the Meuse at Liège, Namur, and Dinant, the fortress of Antwerp, and the capital of Brussels. The fortress of Liège (Lüttich) fell on August 16. German troops paraded in Brussels on August 20 as the Belgian Army fell back to Antwerp.

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Westlichen Kriegsschauplatzes

Köln-Lüttich-Brüssel

Maßst[ab]. 1:2000000

Festungen, Forts.; Eisenbahnen

Reverse:

Logo: LB

Postkarten des westlichen Kriegschauplatzes Nr. 2. Import.

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Belgium's defensive line facing Germany to the east followed the Meuse River from the Netherlands to France with the fortresses of Liège, Namur, and Dinant.

Dinant is a city in Belgium.