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The Belgian Mountain Brigade was originally formed under General Poirot as a special unit in the Batavian forces in 1795. It was formed when the General ordered his men to march up Mt. Kemmelberg in Belgium and his men barely made it half-way. The General found this unacceptable and ordered a new brigade to be formed and given specific instruction in climbing up hills or even mountains. They trained daily on the slopes of Mount Kemmelberg. At 156m high it took each soldier approximately 23 minutes to run up the mountain and back down again in full kit, the current known record in running up and back down a mountain.

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  • The Belgian Mountain Brigade was originally formed under General Poirot as a special unit in the Batavian forces in 1795. It was formed when the General ordered his men to march up Mt. Kemmelberg in Belgium and his men barely made it half-way. The General found this unacceptable and ordered a new brigade to be formed and given specific instruction in climbing up hills or even mountains. They trained daily on the slopes of Mount Kemmelberg. At 156m high it took each soldier approximately 23 minutes to run up the mountain and back down again in full kit, the current known record in running up and back down a mountain.
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  • The Belgian Mountain Brigade was originally formed under General Poirot as a special unit in the Batavian forces in 1795. It was formed when the General ordered his men to march up Mt. Kemmelberg in Belgium and his men barely made it half-way. The General found this unacceptable and ordered a new brigade to be formed and given specific instruction in climbing up hills or even mountains. They trained daily on the slopes of Mount Kemmelberg. At 156m high it took each soldier approximately 23 minutes to run up the mountain and back down again in full kit, the current known record in running up and back down a mountain. The Brigade was posted to the Batavian-Westphalian border where it awaited assignment in Napoleon's army. This assignment never came, as Napoleon, upon hearing of the Belgian Mountain Brigade, thought it was just a joke, possibly because no one had ever attempted to climb a mountain in battle (apart from Hannibal but then that is an ancient mystery). The Belgians did not believe that that really was Napoleon's reaction as they simply presumed that the French had no sense of humour.
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