The Dutch Army in Great War β Photo 1
The Dutch mobile artillery corps crosses a brook in the southern province of Brabant. 1914 /
Korps Rijdende Artillerie: het doortrekken van een Brabantse beek in 1914
Dutch Neutrality and Artillery Mobilisation
This photo of the Dutch mobile artillery corps crossing a brook in Brabant shows that neutrality still required military readiness. In 1914, the Netherlands avoided direct involvement in the Great War but maintained armed forces prepared for border defence and national security.