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Shoutout to my Great grand father Viktor Peinen. 2nd Gidsen. Fought at the Battle of halen. Then fought for a week as a cavalry recon unit untill his squad recieved artillery fire and he was wounded and his horse killed. Ordered his men to retreat. Wounded he fled the wrong way and found himself behind german lines. At aarschot he was taken in by a farmer and pretended to be “the slightly dumb son of the farmer”. Was able to contact the belgian army in 1915 by the red cross, asking for orders to get back to belgian lines proposing the dutch route or sneaking trough german lines. Was denied this as deemed to dangerous and ordered to sit and wait till the area was recaptured. Wich took 4 years. He eventually rejoined when the entente pushed trough belgium and was awarded a medal.
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[Ground level view 100y later from Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8791175,4.7002946,3a,75y,216.81h,78.26t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sMvDjK5vo6NeppKUdeQbXCw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D11.740249565342452%26panoid%3DMvDjK5vo6NeppKUdeQbXCw%26yaw%3D216.80748547221708!7i13312!8i6656?authuser=0&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTEwNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)
Edit: Sorry, I was reacting in the wrong comment section, got multiple tabs open.
Shoutout to my Great grand father Viktor Peinen. 2nd Gidsen. Fought at the Battle of halen. Then fought for a week as a cavalry recon unit untill his squad recieved artillery fire and he was wounded and his horse killed. Ordered his men to retreat. Wounded he fled the wrong way and found himself behind german lines. At aarschot he was taken in by a farmer and pretended to be “the slightly dumb son of the farmer”. Was able to contact the belgian army in 1915 by the red cross, asking for orders to get back to belgian lines proposing the dutch route or sneaking trough german lines. Was denied this as deemed to dangerous and ordered to sit and wait till the area was recaptured. Wich took 4 years. He eventually rejoined when the entente pushed trough belgium and was awarded a medal.
Lest we forget!!!
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