siege artillery

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1914

August

21
- Germans attack the fortress of NamurOn 21 August 1914 German siege artillery began shelling the forts of Namur. The fortress, held by the Belgian 4th Division, fell after five days.
25
- Germans capture NamurOn 25 August 1914 the last forts of Namur capitulated. The Belgian fortress at the confluence of the Sambre and the Meuse fell after a five-day siege.
- Siege of Maubeuge beginsOn 25 August 1914 German troops began to encircle the French fortress of Maubeuge on the Sambre, left behind by the retreating Allies.

September

1915

August

17
- Germans capture KovnoOn 17 August 1915 the Germans crossed the Niemen and took Kovno. The garrison fled in disorder, and the commandant left the fortress before the fighting ended.

1916

February

25
- Germans capture Fort DouaumontOn 25 February 1916 a few dozen Brandenburgers walked without a shot into Fort Douaumont, the largest fort of Verdun, held by a handful of Frenchmen.

October

24
- Key eventThe French recapture Fort DouaumontOn 24 October 1916 three French divisions attacked in fog at Verdun. The colonial regiment from Morocco retook Fort Douaumont, lost eight months earlier.

1918

March

August

09
- Last shelling of ParisOn 9 August 1918 the last shells from the German long-range gun fell on Paris. After the defeat at Amiens the Germans withdrew it from Beaumont-en-Beine.