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| Battery Aachen Battery |
In August 1914 the German Army swept through Belgium occupying most of the country. To consolidate their gains, they began to construct coastal defences. The Battery Aachen was built to protect the port of Ostend, it was one of a number of batteries on the Belgian Coast. It was manned by the 2nd Matrosen-Artillerie-Regiment.
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| Principal Batteries Belgian Coast |
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| Aachen Battery Construction 1915 installation of Gun |
The Battery would consist of four 15 cm SK L/40 Naval Gun which had a range of 13.7 km (8.5 miles)
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| SK L/40 Naval Gus |
The mounting of guns on rotating turrets gave the battery the capability of 6,400 mills shooting. As a consequence the guns could engage targets out to sea and shoot inland, to shell the front along the River Yser.
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| Aachen Battery Inland Arc of Fire |
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| Aachen Battery image: Visual Dimension bvba |
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| Aachen Battery Artillery Barracks |
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| Aachen Battery |
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| Aachen Battery Gun Emplacement |
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| Aachen Battery |
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| Aachen Battery Spring 1915 |
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| Aachen Battery Spring1915 |
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| Aachen Battery Gun reconstruction March 2019 |
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| Aachen Battery Gun reconstruction March 2019 |
