✦ History

Part of World War I

Siege of Antwerp (1914)

September 28 – October 10, 1914 · Siege of Antwerp (1914)

Result German victory

German heavy guns broke the Antwerp forts; the Belgian field army escaped west along the coast.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

Belgium
United Kingdom
German Empire
Austria-Hungary
Albert I of Belgium military commander Victor Deguise military commander Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson military commander
Hans Hartwig von Beseler military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
57
Strength
66,000

Units

Belgian Army 3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) 63rd (Royal Naval) Division 7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
1st Army (German Empire) III Reserve Corps (German Empire)