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5-16 Aug 1914 — Belgium’s ring fortress holds the German right wing for ten days until 420mm siege howitzers — the largest guns yet fired in war — smash the forts one by one. The timetable is dented, not broken.
This is one scene of Chapter 2 — The Guns of August in The Great War, 1914–1918.
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