“Herfstbliksems” schetst de situatie van het Belgische leger in de vroege herfst van 1914, bij aanvang van het beleg van Antwerpen en enkele weken voor de Slag aan de IJzer. We wandelen langs de Nete vanaf Rumst en we gaan door Walem, St.-Katelijne-Waver, Duffel, Koningshooikt, Lier en we strelen met de mouw langs de Kleine Nete in Kessel en Broechem. We beleven daar een kort, maar erg dramatisch stukje Belgische geschiedenis in de algehele context van de 1ste wereldoorlog.

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