Mastering modern world history

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Under cover of darkness late on the night of 5 August 1914, five columnsrnrnof German assault troops, which had entered Belgium two days earlier,rnrnwere converging on the town of Liège, expecting little resistance. To theirrnrnsurprise they were halted by determined fire from the town's outlyingrnrnforts. This was a setback for the Germans: control of Liège was essentialrnrnbefore they could proceed with their main operation against the French.rnrnThey were forced to resort to siege tactics, using heavy howitzers. Thesernrnfired up shells which plunged from a height of 12,000 feet to shatter thernrnarmour-plating of the forts. Strong though they were, these Belgian fortsrnrnwere not equipped to withstand such a battering for long; on 13 Augustrnrnthe first one surrendered and three days later Liège was under Germanrnrncontrol. This was the first major engagement of the First World War, thatrnrnhorrifying conflict of monumental proportions which was to mark thernrnbeginning of a new era in European and world history

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909.08 Low m

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London : Macmillan Publishing Company., 1982

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pages 363

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English

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0-333-31069-1

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909.08

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HISTORY

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