Hendrik Geeraert
Hendrik Geeraert (15 July 1863, Nieuwpoort, Belgium – 17 January 1925, Bruges) was a Belgian folk hero who, during the interwar period, came to symbolize the Belgian resistance movement against the German forces in World War I. He became famous among Belgian soldiers in 1914 after the Battle of the Yser where he, serving as a Nieuwpoort skipper, opened the sluices of the Yser River, flooding the polders and bringing the German advance to a halt.
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Hendrik Geeraert
Hendrik Geeraert (15 July 1863, Nieuwpoort, Belgium – 17 January 1925, Bruges) was a Belgian folk hero who, during the interwar period, came to symbolize the Belgian resistance movement against the German forces in World War I. He became famous among Belgian soldiers in 1914 after the Battle of the Yser where he, serving as a Nieuwpoort skipper, opened the sluices of the Yser River, flooding the polders and bringing the German advance to a halt.
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Hendrik Geeraert (15 July 1863 ...... The couple had eight children.
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Hendrik Geeraert (Nieuport, 15 ...... ere avec qui il eut 8 enfants.
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Hendrik Geeraert (Nieuwpoort, ...... echtpaar kreeg acht kinderen.
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Hendrik Geeraert (15 July 1863 ...... the German advance to a halt.
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Hendrik Geeraert (Nieuport, 15 ...... ere avec qui il eut 8 enfants.
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Hendrik Geeraert (Nieuwpoort, ...... uitse leger een halt toeriep'.
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