Antwerp, one kilometer west of the "Buena" fort, a battalion-sized German Army is launching an attack on the British warehouse.
They shouted in German while shooting:
"The warehouse ahead belongs to the British, watch out for the materials!"
"We need those supplies, there's a lot of gasoline that we desperately need!"
"No shelling, no grenades, aim before you shoot!"
...
Materials are valuable to any army, and Germany, under the blockade of the Allies, is no exception.
Therefore, the German Army adopted a conservative attack strategy, avoiding firing unless absolutely necessary. Even in close combat, they used rifle butts to knock out British soldiers.
The British Army was stunned at once.
The Germans came too quickly; it was as if they suddenly appeared from the ground.
Moreover, there were so many of them, an infantry battalion of five or six hundred men.
