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Keiem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (155 words) |
 | Keiem is a small town situated some 7 km north of Diksmuide in West Flanders, Belgium. |
| Lying close to the right bank of the River Yser, the town suffered extensive flooding when, on 21 October 1914, the sea locks at the mouth of this river were opened as a defensive measure against the advancing German army during the "Race to the Sea" phase of World War I. |
| The operation was successful in halting the advance, with the result, however, that Keiem was to occupy the front line of the war for the next four years. |
| The Belgian Military Cemetery at Keiem (132 words) |
| Keiem (Keyem during the war) was part of the Belgian advanced line following the retreat from Antwerpen. |
| Despite desperate attempts to hold the village by Belgian Troops and a French force of Sailors under Amiral Ronarc'h the village fell to the Germans on 19 October 1914. |
| Caught between two lines of enemy troops the Grenadiers were bloodily rebuffed. |
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