October 1914: The Kingdom Saved by the Sea

This book is the standard work on the military operations of the Belgian army up to the flooding of the Yser plain. With the precision of a surveyor and the love of a grandson for his grandfather, who “lay” at the Yser for four years, Paul Van Pul describes the struggle of two Flemish heroes who gave the German soldiers the surprise of their lives. The book provides new insights into one of the most decisive moments of what was then called “the Great War”.