France built a large number of iron factories and two large coal mines in the Walloon Region, with investments worth millions of British Pounds.
As long as the British Army can break through the Brussels defense line, the French factories will be completely destroyed.
Sir Moore was imagining a bright future. If the French Army didn't react fast enough, he might even be able to march into Luxembourg, where there were also abundant French iron mines.
And then there's Verdun—the last fortress before Paris.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, a staff officer reported to Sir Moore: "General, the central troops have completed the river crossing. Do you want to check the defense lines on the south bank?"
Thanks to the work day and night by the nearby Dutch people, a bridge composed of four parallel rafts was built across the Val River, greatly increasing the efficiency of the crossing.
