Only two of those are finished on august 5. Military intendance start requisitioning cattle, horses, cars, wagons and vehicles of all kind. Wagons loaded with ammunition supply the fortresses. The population hurries to hoard. Shops and stores are overwhelmed by the demand.
People take the tramway only to change a banknote.
The National Bank is particularly besieged and although they receive an additional extra of several millions francs, send from Bruxelles, they have to cancel the change. National bank in Bruxelles announces the emission of a banknote of five francs. A minister of the government inspecting the defence lines is frightened by the scale in which these are undertaken and afraid that this would compromise the Belgian neutrality he goes to Leman and talks about law and constitution. They have orders to await the arrival off their units. At the fortress La Citadelle and the suburb of Ste Walburge.