page_title: Fort d'Embourg
section_title: First World War
hierarchical_section_title: Fort d'Embourg / First World War
caption_attribution_description: English: Schematic map of the fortresses around Liege, 1914
context_page_description: The Fort d'Embourg is one of twelve forts built as part of the fortifications of Liège in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1881 and 1884 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. Contrasting with the French forts built in the same era by Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières, the fort was built exclusively of unreinforced concrete, a new material, rather than masonry. The fort was heavily bombarded by German artillery in the Battle of Liège in World War I and again at the opening of World War II. It has been preserved and is operated as a museum.
context_section_description: Liège first came under attack on 6 August 1914. When the Liège's fortifications proved unexpectedly stubborn, the Germans brought heavy siege artillery to bombard the forts with shells far larger than they were designed to resist. Embourg was heavily bombarded starting 12 August. The fort surrendered the next day after 48 hours of bombardment.
  Occupying the fort during the remainder of the war, Germans made a number of improvements to the fort in 1914 and 1915.
caption: The Liège forts
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