Inflatable boats as a bridge

Halfway between Olsene and Zulte, the Germans had built an emergency bridge of rubber boats. In the
late afternoon of 24 May 1940, the German 348th Infantry Regiment succeeded in destroying the old
Leiebocht of the Neerhoek. The Germans were advancing in the direction of the new
Lys, but were heavily fired upon by the 19th Line Regiment which was deployed
stood behind the new Lys. The German troops did not succeed in crossing the new Lys.
and stayed in front of Oeselgem.
The contemporary continues:
At this place a bridge was built over the old Lys by the German
pleasure troops. However, the attackers did not know that the Lys had been destroyed in 1938.
had been shifted about one km. Their staff maps had not been modified.
The German troops crossed the bridge in large numbers. They realized
not that they were trapped like rats on this island, where the
artillery came into action. The Neerhoek became the scene of a true
massacre. No one, even approximately, can say how much
soldiers were killed...

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