Battle of Haelen

When

12 Aug 1914

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.95° N, 5.11° E

Description

1914 battle

War

World War I

1914 battle of the First World War

The Battle of Halen, also known as the Battle of the Silver Helmets because of the many cavalry helmets left behind on the battlefield by the German cuirassiers, took place on 12 August 1914 at the beginning of the First World War, between German forces led by Georg von der Marwitz and Belgian troops led by Léon De Witte.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Halen: Belgian troops defeat German cavalry, but the battle does little to delay the German invasion of Belgium”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة هالن: القوات البلجيكية تصد الألمان”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War I28 Jul 1914 · Interstate war · Deaths 17,000,000