History

Friday 10th May.

• German aircraft flying over.
• Towards the evening the first Dutch troops were retreating.
• The wooden hotel and the houses on the dyke were evacuated.

Saturday 11th May.

• The hotel, the fuel station and the houses were set on fire or demolished.
• Food supplies were brought in and the drinking water from Friesland was cut off.
• Military engineers lay landmines in the area to create a blockade.

Sunday 12th May

• Germans in Stavoren.
• The installation was bombarded with machine-gun fire and fire bombs.
• The bridge was opened and blown up.
• The first contact with the enemy, three Germans on a motorcycle with sidecar.

Monday 13th May

• 14.00 a German reconnaissance plane.
• At 17.20 the Germans started an artillery bombardment from the direction of the
  IJsselmeerdijk at Cornwerd.
• At about 18.00 a Group of German storm troops approached.
• When they were 800 meters from the position at Kornwerderzand, Captain Boers
  gave the order to open fire.
• The German loses were limited to only a few soldiers.

Tuesday 14th May.

• The Gunboat Hr. Ms. Johan Maurits van Nassau silenced the German guns.

After the bombardment on Rotterdam, the Dutch Army surrendered.