Hasselt, Belgium.
After several days of "cleaning up," the surrounded German Army had mostly surrendered, and the siege of Antwerp was naturally resolved.
Albert I and Major General Eden were busy collecting prisoners and checking spoils of war town by town.
However, they were very thorough in their manners, reporting to Shire every time they recovered a place and sending detailed lists of the spoils to Shire's headquarters without missing a single item. They only dared to use and distribute them after getting Shire's signature.
From Shire's perspective, this was unnecessary.
In principle, Albert I and Major General Eden, as well as the entire Belgian Army, were not his subordinates and did not need to follow his orders, but Albert I insisted on doing so.
That noon, Shire, chewing on bread to stave off hunger while signing documents at headquarters, couldn't help but complain, "My God, doesn't he know this increases my burden? Signing orders alone is nearly crippling me!"
