10mm World War I: Belgian Lancers

Belgium was poorly prepared for war with a new and inexperienced general staff. Compulsory service started in 1909 with a plan to have an army of 340,000 men by 1926. In 1914 the old system had been abandoned and the new one was unready. The army only had 102 machine guns and no heavy artillery.

Much of the small army was captured early on and by late 1914 the king had only 60,000 soldiers left. A few young men volunteered to serve and by 1918 the total force had returned to 170,000, still too few to launch a major offensive. The Germans had nothing to gain from an attack, so the short Belgian front was relatively calm as gigantic battles raged elsewhere on the Western Front.

Package Contains:

• 15x Mounted/Cavalry figures
  • 12x troopers
  • 3x officers

More Information:

• Scale: 10mm (1:150)
• Materials: White Metal

Models supplied unpainted, may require assembly