WW1 The Neterlands draged into the Greatwar by an incident

German units at the, western border, received from headquarters early in the morning of the 3rd of August 1914 the order to attack.
The telephone did not ring only with the troops at the Belgian border , but due to a malfunction of the telephone centre also by the troops at the Dutch border. When the commander of the Uhlanen, stationed at the Dutch border, asked for confirmation at the sector headquarters, he was ordered by a very irritated and annoyed general to advance immediately to the river Maas. Speed was essential!
The Dutch troops were unpleasant surprised but recovered remarkably fast, and the German troops encountered considerable resistance of the Dutch border troops with their 6-steel field guns. Was the Netherlands at war with Germany?
Mean while at The Hague. The complete cabinet of Prime minister Cort van der Linden gathered at the department of the PM. On the faces of the ministers you could read the tension. What were the last messages from the Province Limburg? And what should we do, who do we ask for help, how would the young Queen react?
The Prime minister summarized the situation as he was told by the Chief of Staff General Snijders. In the narrow part in Limburg between the places Sittard and Roermond a German cavalry attack was going on. The high command dispatched already reinforcements to the East and the passage through which the Germans advanced to the river Maas was now under attack in order to seal the passage of.
At half pas ten, the German ambassador, F. von Muller was demanded at the department of the Prime minister. The prime minister asked the ambassador explanation of what the Germans think they were doing. The ambassador handed over a letter in which Germany made apologies for the ‘’incident’’. Since The Hague is a very small city the gentlemen knew each other well. F. von Muller was requested to retreat to the Embassy of the German Empire and to wait for an answer of the Dutch Government.
Cort read the letter which explained that it was an undesired event, result of a technical failure. But since the attack was started the German government wanted to continue the advance to Belgium anyway with the troops it had by now on Dutch soil. Germany offered to generous repay of all damage done and made sure the squadrons Uhlanen left the Netherlands very soon. But when Dutch military units attack German troops war between the nations was inevitable.
Complications rose immediately. Several messages came from head quarters that German cavalry made a passage through the Maas and that some hundreds already crossed the river and continued their advance into Belgium. There were also reports of fire contact between Dutch and German soldiers. Rumors of the fighting was heard throughout the country, special editions of the news pares were sold out in minutes, people massed in front of bulletins in the cities to get some information from the front.
By this time it was time of the Prime minister to inform the Queen. He was driven by Daimler car to the palace at the Hague were the queen had her offices. At arrival he was immediately escorted to her office rooms where he meted a remarkable calm Queen Wilhelmina. During the conversation it was clear that she was already well informed of the utmost serious situation. She was apparently also informed by General Snijders. Her majesty was, despite she was young woman, considerable interested in military affairs and like to be informed regular by members of the General Staff. She was informed by the prime minister of the German statement of the attack and their proposal to resolve the situation. What are you suggest to do? She asked Cort.
The prime minster told her the two options;
The first option was; accept the German apologies and try to settle the case. If the attack really was the result of a technical failure it is better to save the country from a devastating war with an agreement.
The second option was; declare war to Germany, but not before a promise for help came from British and France on very short notice. The ambassadors of both countries were expected at the office of the Prime minister early in the afternoon.
The queen now asked direct what the best solution was. The prime minister told her the consequences of a settlement with Germany but also the disastrous consequences of a war with Germany. Without a clear statement of support from France and Britain negotiation with Germany need to continue in favor of a bloody unpredictable war, with the risk of complete occupation of the Netherlands by Germany and the un imaginary damage to human lives and property.
Despite the Queen wanted to defend honor of her country, she realized well the enormous damage a war would make. With hesitation she agreed with a settlement, under the condition that it would be honor full for her and the country.
When Cort van der Linden returned at his office, the ambassadors of France and Great Brittan were waiting. Both countries offered help, but at the same time made it clear that this support would not be large, since both countries needed their soldiers and military equipment at the front in Belgium and France were the Germans made a very fast advance. Belgium itself could note spare anything, the Belgians were already thank full that the refugees could pass the Dutch-Belgian border whit out problems and were provided with shelter and food.
 
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General Snijders at the general staff head quarters was reviewing the steps, so far, taken.
On the 31st of July the Cabinet judges that a war between Germany and Russia was imminent and decided on 12:10 for a mobilization, the order was given at 14:00. The next day the mobilization of the border and coastal defense was completed. At the evening 44 of the 105 detachments’ were on their post. This was a great success.
At 15:00 the mobilization order, attached on the walls of city halls and brought under attention of the people with the sounds of the church bells for the mobilization for the Landsweer ( field army) Militia, and Navy. In order to conduct to mobilization smooth and swift the management of the railroads was given to the General staff.
There was some rumor against this mobilization from socialist but overall the population was taken as granted. The country and his civilians prepared to defend and protect their family and property and protect neutrality. There was no enthusiasm or joy as in other countries, at the other hand many thought the war will be over by Christmas. The newspapers announced that civilians could enlist as volunteers. The mobilization was conducted smooth swift and without incidents. The extra need for horses and motorized vehicles was provided by contracting civilians. The troops wore different kind of uniforms, the younger enlisted wore the new in 1913, introduced modern field gray, the older echelons wore the old dark blue uniforms or a mixture of both.
General Snijders concentrated the army in 4 divisions. The 1st division defended the North Sea coast against an attack from sea. The 2nd division was stationed behind the river Ijsel and the 3rd division was stationed in the South in the Province North-Brabant. The 4th division was reserve. All divisions were placed in defensive positions.
His main task was to defend the neutrality of the Netherlands. Since this morning he ordered the 4th division to Brabant and in the Provinces Gelderland, Brabant, Limburg and Zeeland he asked and received the permission to declare the state of war, which give him permission the clear and burn all obstacles to get a clear field of fire, which stir some consternation with the local population. Artillery was transported fast by barges over canals and rivers.
The fortress of Hollandse water line, and the ring of Amsterdam were made operational. The General however saw this lines as a very last retreat, knowing the power and range of modern artillery he wanted to make a stand as long as possible at the rivers IJssel and Waal, after fighting delaying actions in Brabant and the other borders. Now this skirmishes take place in Limburg he was aware that this politicians in The Hague could decide to join the British and French, which in his own military point of view was betting on the wrong horse. In his opinion the small Dutch army could not resist the German army, not in size and not in modern equipment.
The number of artillery was small and he had only 200 Schwartsloze machineguns in his arsenal. Other modernizations were stalled since when minister Colijn left his office and his successor put it away. Anyhow it was better than the navy which had only battleship still in blueprints, it had to defend the vast colonial empire of the Dutch east indies with a hand full of armored cruisers and coastal defense ‘’pocket’’ battle ships. Most likely this was the reason why, if the politicians were forced to chose side, they chose for the Allies, if the Netherlands would chose the side of the Germans, it would mean an immediate invasion of the East Indies by the British or even this Japanese.
Despite the material short coming and the lack of discipline, and a reluctant attitude of the common civilian soldier towards the military General Snijder tried to make the best of it. He was confident in most of his officers of whom a lot had battle experience form the colonial wars. The lack of training of the civilian soldiers could be made up if there was time. As said he and many of his other officers served in the East and gained considerable battle experience during the wars with Ache in Sumatra. One of the lessons they learned that small well armed independent groups were most times more effective than large bodies of soldiers. There for there were men were selected and trained to form special units who he called storm troopers.
 
Ah, Snijders. The closest thing to a Prussian Junker general we ever had, and that's including all the Princes raised in Brandenburg. Unsurprisingly, he was very pro-german, that might've carried over in the way he delivered the news to Wilhelmina ;).
 
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