the army. In this way the King secured his control of the command. 1st Division (Lieutenant-General Baix) - around Ghent. 2nd Division (Lieutenant-General Dassin) - Antwerp. 3rd Division (Lieutenant-General Leman) - around Liège. 4th Division (Lieutenant-General Michel) - Namur and Charleroi. 5th Division (Lieutenant-General Ruwet) - around Mons. 6th Division (Lieutenant-General Albert Lantonnois van Rode) - Brussels. Cavalry Division (Lieutenant-General de Witte) - Brussels. In addition, there were garrisons at Antwerp, Liège and Namur, each placed under the command of the local divisional commander. Each division contained three mixed brigades (of two infantry regiments and one artillery regiment), one cavalry regiment, and one artillery regiment, as well as various support units. Each infantry regiment contained three battalions, with one regiment in each brigade having a machine-gun company of six guns. An artillery regiment had three batteries of four guns. The nominal strength of a division varied from 25,500 to 32,000 all ranks, with a total strength of eighteen infantry battalions, a cavalry regiment, eighteen machine-guns, and forty-eight guns. Two divisions (the 2nd and 6th) each had an additional artillery regiment, for a total of sixty guns. The Cavalry Division had two brigades of two regiments each, three horse artillery batteries, and a cyclist battalion, along with support units; it had a total strength of 4,500 all ranks with 12 guns, and was - in effect - little more than a reinforced brigade. World War II In 1940, the King of Belgium was the commander in chief of the Belgian Army which had 100,000 active-duty personnel; its strength could be raised to 550,000 when fully mobilized. The army was composed of seven infantry corps, that were garrisoned at Brussels, Antwerp, and Liège, and two divisions of partially-mechanized cavalry Corps at Brussels and the Ardenne. The Corps was as follows: I Corps with the 1st, 4th, and 7th Infantry Divisions II Corps with the 6th, 11th, and 14th Infantry Divisions III Corps with the 1st Chasseurs Ardennais and the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Divisions IV Corps with the 9th, 15th, and 18th Infantry Divisions V Corps with three divisions VI Corps with three divisions Each Army Corps had its own headquarters staff, two active and several reserve Infantry Divisions, Corps Artillery Regiment of four battalions of two batteries with 16 artillery pieces per battalion, and a Pioneer regiment. Each infantry division had a divisional staff along with three infantry regiments, each of