Cannon Lauwe
This French gun from 1897 is renovated by the Germans in 1942. In 1944, the Allies captured the gun during the fighting for the Leie and used it during the liberation of Lauwe, on 6 September 1944.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Luc Messely
Nearby
Museum
Point of interest
Monument
- War Memorial Lauwe - Lauwe (Menen)
- War Memorial Wevelgem - Wevelgem
- World War I Memorial Aalbeke - Aalbeke (Kortrijk)
Cemetery
- Communal Cemetery Wevelgem - Wevelgem
- German War Cemetery Menen - Menen
- Commonwealth War Grave Aalbeke - Aalbeke (Kortrijk)
Remembrance Stone
Fortification
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