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Title
Sting 'em at Zingem
Description
On 16 May, Belgian High Command received orders from French General Bilotte, Commander-in-Chief of 1st Army Group, to retreat to the Escaut River in conjunction with a British withdrawal from the Dyle River. The Belgian Army fell back, taking up new positions along the Escaut and the Terneuzen Canal. …
Publisher
Date
1940-05-20
Scenario#
WO09
Scenario Description
On 16 May, Belgian High Command received orders from French General Bilotte, Commander-in-Chief of 1st Army Group, to retreat to the Escaut River in conjunction with a British withdrawal from the Dyle River. The Belgian Army fell back, taking up new positions along the Escaut and the Terneuzen Canal. Combat losses suffered the previous week had reduced the strength of many Belgian divisions, but now necessity forced them to cover the same frontages as at the start of the battle, and while Belgian infantry executed arduous night retreats, their German counterparts, rested and replenished. On 20 May, an attack on this new Belgian line was launched by three German divisions, to which the Belgian 2nd Infantry Division responded with a series of counterattacks. Not all of these were successful, though one did compel part of Infanterie-Regiment 234 to break and run. South of Gent, Infanterie-Division 30 attacked the Belgian 10th Infantry Division near Zingem. Early footholds gained on the west bank of the Escaut afforded the Germans an opportunity to establish a bridgehead – if they could dislodge the Belgians from the western approaches to the river.
Location
Zingem, Belgium
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Belgium or Belgian Campaign, often referred to within Belgium as the 18 Days' Campaign, formed part of the greater Battle of France, an offensive campaign by Germany during the Second World War. It took place over 18 days in May 1940 and ended with the German occupation of Belgium following the surrender of the Belgian Army.
Narrative Source
Combatants
German
Belgian
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard

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