Bunker C - Advanced Position Hombourg

This is bunker C of the Advanced Position at Hombourg.

The bunker is located the boundary of two meadows and has a perfect view of the lower area. The bunker belongs to 'la Position Fortifiée de Liège (PFL)' the Position Avancée, forward position of Hombourg.

These small bunkers are of 60 cm thick concrete. The roof is of 50 cm thick concrete and only the rear is of 40 cm thick concrete, because no attack was expected from that side. These bunkers could withstand 77 mm shells. These bunker were standardly equipped with steel hatch and door. When the bunkers lost their strategic importance after the war, they were sold. The iron door and hatch were sold as scrap metal.

This bunker thus belongs to the 14 forward bunkers of the Hombourg sector. The bunker was manned by the soldiers of the barracks from Hombourg. This was a so-called cyclist barracks. The so-called 'cyclistes frontières', frontier cyclists, who guarded the borders.

There were several forward positions (including Hombourg, Stavelot, Henri-Chapelle, Dolhain) that provided small shelters. These bunkers could accommodate 4 soldiers with machine guns. These positions did not belong to a specific sector of any of the 4 lines of defense for the city of Liège, la Position Fortifiée de Liège. As a sector, they had an independent position.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski
• La Position Fortifiée de Liège, Coenen & Vernier.