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1914 BELGIUM: General Leman takes command of Liege.
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5:33Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1914
Location: BELGIUM
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Scenes at the farewell of the heroic General Leman to the Military and War Schools of Belgium, on his leaving to take command of the Fortifications of Liege.
General Leman, with a small army of 16,000 men succeeded in holding in check for 12 days the German army 15 times larger in numbers. His Majesty, King Albert I, King of the Belgians, appoints Gen Leman Commander of the fortification of Liege. The civil and military professors, the officers pupils of the war school, among whom are some Servian and Rumanian officers, the officers of artillery and engineers of the practical school, the candidates for commissions in various branches of the army and the personnel of the school, prepare to receive the general.
BELGIUM:
Dignitaries waiting and officers talking: Cadets lined up: Cadets on parade:
SLATE: The arrival of General Leman, accompanied by his successor Colonel Cuvelier
Gen. Leman and Colonel Cuvelier arriving: General Leman saluting:
SLATE: The Farewell speech...
Gen. Leman making speech; Colonel Cuvelier:
SLATE: The General makes the inspection
Gen. Leman inspecting cadets:
SLATE: The parade of the Schools before the General
Cadets parading past, Gen. Leman in background: Cadets lined up
SLATE: The Dispersal
Group of officers & dignitaries talking: Dignitaries talking together: Cadets walking past: Group of officers talking
SLATE: To the Inhabitants of Liege....
SLATE: The defence of Liege
Belgian troops building makeshift defence line: Troops firing from defence line, then go over the top & fire from forward defence line: Troops firing: Troops moving beside river & railway line: Sniper firing from doorway
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