The film starts with an order of the day, in French and Flemish, from King Albert to his soldiers dated 27th September, telling them that the time for the decisive attack has come. 75mm guns start the...
The progress of the war is represented by animated maps. A hand reaches out from Germany into Belgium and grabs Liège at the start of the war. A young soldier, in an acted scene, says goodbye to his ...
German transport retreats before the advancing Belgians. The map shows the Belgian advance 17th-31st October. Scenes of liberation in Ostend, with cheering crowds. Belgian transport moves through Hand...
Troops build a corduroy road to prepare for the advance over broken ground. A galloper rides up to a field battery with fire orders and a map. Transport on the move up a road. The attack on 14th Octob...
Soldiers start digging a trench system and wiring up the positions. Finned mortar bombs for a 58mm Crapouillot (?) are carried forward into a front-line trench and used to bombard the German positions...