Bunker CSY Sougné-Remouchamps

This is bunker CSY from the sector Comblain-Sougné of the 1st line of defense of the city of Liège, la Position Fortifiée de Liège 1 (PFL 1).

This was the last sector of the PFL 1. This sector ran west into sector Sougné-Becco (SB). Sector CS consisted of 31 bunkers to the south and west of the once planned but never built Fortres of Sougné-Remouchamps.

Bunker CSY was built against a rock wall at the edge of a forest area. The bunker had to guard the road from the village of Remouchamps. The bunker still has the original machine gun mount (photo 4). There is also a grenade gully present for proximity defense. By throwing a grenade through the tunnel behind the hatch (photo 5), the grenade fell outside in front of the bunker. Also still present is the original wooden shelf on which a tool could be clamped to load machine gun belts.

The walls and ceiling of the bunkers from the PFL line are 1.3 meters thick of reinforced concrete. They could withstand shelling with 150mm shells. They were built in the early 1930’s

When after the war the bunkers lost their strategic value for the defense of Belgium, the metal of the hatches and doors was sold as scrap metal.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski