Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Neutrale Moresnet" in Danish language version.
As a proof of German preparation, war had come automatically at 7 a.m., 3 August [1914]. At 23 o’clock (Belgian time) the outposts on the main roads holding Pepinster, Battice, Herve and smaller hamlets, were heavily engaged and finally forced back to the fortified lines of [Liège]. The pretty towns defended near the frontier were soon flaming ruins, the quaint neutral territory of Moresnet rising as an oasis in a desert of destruction.
Neutral Moresnet, added to this map as an independent country, is a mile wide and 3 miles long. It is so small that it has never been shown on maps of Europe as a whole. It has an area of 900 acres and about 3.500 people.
As a proof of German preparation, war had come automatically at 7 a.m., 3 August [1914]. At 23 o’clock (Belgian time) the outposts on the main roads holding Pepinster, Battice, Herve and smaller hamlets, were heavily engaged and finally forced back to the fortified lines of [Liège]. The pretty towns defended near the frontier were soon flaming ruins, the quaint neutral territory of Moresnet rising as an oasis in a desert of destruction.
Neutral Moresnet, added to this map as an independent country, is a mile wide and 3 miles long. It is so small that it has never been shown on maps of Europe as a whole. It has an area of 900 acres and about 3.500 people.
As a proof of German preparation, war had come automatically at 7 a.m., 3 August [1914]. At 23 o’clock (Belgian time) the outposts on the main roads holding Pepinster, Battice, Herve and smaller hamlets, were heavily engaged and finally forced back to the fortified lines of [Liège]. The pretty towns defended near the frontier were soon flaming ruins, the quaint neutral territory of Moresnet rising as an oasis in a desert of destruction.
As a proof of German preparation, war had come automatically at 7 a.m., 3 August [1914]. At 23 o’clock (Belgian time) the outposts on the main roads holding Pepinster, Battice, Herve and smaller hamlets, were heavily engaged and finally forced back to the fortified lines of [Liège]. The pretty towns defended near the frontier were soon flaming ruins, the quaint neutral territory of Moresnet rising as an oasis in a desert of destruction.
As a proof of German preparation, war had come automatically at 7 a.m., 3 August [1914]. At 23 o’clock (Belgian time) the outposts on the main roads holding Pepinster, Battice, Herve and smaller hamlets, were heavily engaged and finally forced back to the fortified lines of [Liège]. The pretty towns defended near the frontier were soon flaming ruins, the quaint neutral territory of Moresnet rising as an oasis in a desert of destruction.