Fort de Dave

The Fort de Dave is certainly one of nine forts constructed as a part of the Fortifications of Namur inside the late 19th century in Belgium. It turned into constructed between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. Contrasting with the French forts constructed in the equal era by way of Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières, the fortress was constructed completely of unreinforced concrete, a brand new cloth, as opposed to masonry. In 1914 the citadel changed into closely bombarded by German artillery in the Battle of Namur. The Fort de Dave is located about 5 kilometres south of the middle of Namur.

The citadel, one of the smaller Brialmont forts, is a triangle overlooking the Meuse. A 6-metre deep by using 8-metre ditch encircles the castle. The ditches had been defended in enfilade via 57mm guns in casemates comparable to counterscarp batteries, firing at shot traps at the other cease of the ditch. The essential armament turned into focused within the primary massif, carefully grouped in a stable mass of concrete.