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British troops are driven to the western front in London Transport double-deckers
from November - with the battle lines stablized to the coast, the German and Allied armies settle in for years of gruesome trench warfare
Canadian army surgeon John McCrae writes 'In Flanders Fields' after a friend is killed in the trenches
The Germans attempt an advance on the western front, launching the second battle of Ypres
The Germans gain ground at Ypres after the first significant use of chlorine gas
The Germans make their first effective use of a new weapon, the flame thrower, in an attack on the British in the second batte of Ypres
The English nurse Edith Cavell is court-martialled and executed by German forces in Belgium
Haig sends British troops over the top in the third battle of Ypres
US troops are by now fighting in large numbers on the western front
The League of Nations grants Belgium a mandate to administer the former Germany colony of Ruanda-Urundi
Treaties signed at Locarno, in Switzerland, aim to stabilize and guarantee Germany's borders with France and Belgium
The Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte has his first one-man show, at the Galerie Centaure in Brussels
The Tintin comic strip, by Hergé, begins with Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
In Pietr-Le-Letton, the first novel published under his own name, the Belgian writer Georges Simenon introduces Inspector Maigret
A British Expeditionary Force (BEF) of about 150,000 infantry crosses the Channel to help defend France's border with Belgium
German tanks cross the borders into neutral Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium
After the German invasion of the Netherlands and Belgium, Winston Churchill replaces Chamberlain as the British prime minister
A German army races west through northern France, aiming to cut off the Allied troops in Belgium
The Belgians surrender to the German armies encircling them north and south
British forces liberate Brussels and on the next day reach Antwerp
7500 British troops, trapped on the far side of the Rhine at Arnhem, are captured by the Germans
Six founding nations (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, West Germany) establish the European Economic Community (EEC)
French choreographer Maurice Béjart is the first director of Belgium's new Ballet of the 20th Century
NATO headquarters moves to Brussels after de Gaulle expels all NATO personnel from French soil
Belgian cyclist Eddie Merckz retires after a 14-year career with a record 445 victories
