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7 october • Germany announces more shelling should Antwerp fail to surrender. • At 1.30pm King Albert leaves the city by car and heads west for Sint-Niklaas.. • The field army withdraws over the temporary pontoon bridges at the Steen and in Hoboken / Burcht. The British troops follow the Belgian army. A number of troops also withdraw from the forts. Antwerp is bombed by zeppelins 8 october The Bombing of Antwerp. German shells fall on the city every three to four minutes for a period of 36 hours. The city is alight and more than a hundred thousand people flee. The villa ‘Rest and be thankful’ in Kontich 9 october Antwerp falls into German hands. • The Belgian army withdraws. The pontoon bridges are blown up. The last Belgian armed forces realise they can no longer get away. Those who want to leave Antwerp head for the Netherlands. • Former Minister Louis Franck and Mayor De Vos meet the German delegation in Kontich. At 5.40pm, the treaty of Kontich is signed: Antwerp surrenders. • German forces enter the abandoned city in the evening. They distribute a warrant through the German Commander von Beseler. Het duitsche leger treedt uwe stad bin-nen alsoverwinnaar. Aan geen enkele vanuwe burgers zal kwaad gedaan en uwegoederen zullen geëerbiedigd worden,indien gij uw onthoudt van alle vijande-lijkheid. Iedere tegenstand zal gestraft wordenvolgens de wetten van den oorlog en kanals gevolg hebben de vernieling van uwe schone stad. Den opperbelhebber van het belegleger 10 october Hundreds of thousands of Belgians flee across the Dutch border, including about 33,000 Belgian, German and British soldiers. These soldiers are interned in camps in neutral Netherlands. 12 october The Belgian army regroups on the other side the river IJzer. Antwerp refugees on the Dutch border 9
1914 The advance of the German army towards Antwerp ’s Gravenwezel Oelegem Broechem German Commander Hans von Beseler Flooded area ANTWERP Fort 1 zeppelin air raid Fort 2 Fort 3 Fort 4 First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill Air raid 8-9 October: Inner ring of forts no longer holds 7-9 October: withdrawal of the Belgian army 10 Flooded area Zwijndrecht Kruibeke
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