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- Appendix 9
STATE OF WAR AND SIEGE, 1914 - 1917 1
DATE STATE OF WAR STATE OF SIEGE
5 Aug 1914 • New Holland Waterline
• Fortification of Den Helder
• Fortifications on the Mouths of the
Maas River and Haringvliet
10 Aug 1914 • North Brabant, Limburg, Zeeland
and Gelderland (below the Waal
River)
29 Aug 1914 • border municipalities in Zeeland, North Brabant
and Limburg
8 Sep 1914 • municipalities along rivers and waterways in
North Brabant, Gelderland, South Holland,
Zeeland, Friesland, Groningen and Limburg
• Fortification of Den Helder
25 Sep 1914 • municipalities bordering Germany in Gelderland,
Overijssel, Groningen, Drenthe, Limburg
• municipalities in Friesland including the island
of Schiermonnikoog
10 Nov 1914 • municipalities along the Eems River and the
Friesian islands
19 Jan 1915 • municipalities containing internment camps
• municipalities in North Brabant, Gelderland and
South Holland
11 Feb 1915 • Fortification Hollandsch Diep and 't • Bergen (internment camp)
1 Staatsblad. no. 375, 5 August 1914; no. 406,10 August 1914; no. 435, 29 August 1914; no. 448,8 September
1914; no. 463,25 September 1914; no. 527,10 November 1914; no. 18, 19 January 1915; no. 81, 11 February 1915;
no. 308, 8 July 1915; no. 375, 20 August 1915; no. 393,13 September 1915; no. 437, 23 October 1915; no. 473,16
November 1915; no. 487, 3 December 1915; no. 56,22 January 1916; no. 527, 13 December 1916; no. 228, 26
February 1917; no. 242, 22 March 1917; no. 448, 30 May 1917; General Headquarters, "Lijst van alle gemeenten der
provincien, met aanduiding, welke gemeenten, of onderdeelen daarvan, in staat van oOl'log of in staat van beleg zijn
verklaard en met vermelding van de gezagsgebieden, waartoe zij behooren, alsmede van de Koninklijke besluiten,
waarbij het in staat van oOl'log of in staat van beleg verklaren plaats vond." 1 September 1917, in SMG/DC,
"Handschrift nr: 39" 93/1.