Amsterdam is also a fortress with outlying fortifications in the new Dutch water-line (Fort Holland).
Holland is thus well adapted to cause serious difficulties to an English landing, if her coast batteries are armed with effective cannons.

It would easily yield to a German invasion, if it sided against us.
Belgium in peace has 42,800 troops available, distributed as follows: 26,000 infantry, 5,400 cavalry, 4,650 field artillery, 3,400 garrison artillery, 1,550 engineers and transport service.
On a war footing the field army will be 100,000 strong, comprising 74,000 infantry, 7,250 cavalry, 10,000 field artillery, 1,900 engineers and transport service, and is formed into 4 army divisions and 2 cavalry divisions.

The latter are each 20 squadrons and 2 batteries strong; each of the army divisions consists nominally of 17 battalions infantry, 1 squadron, 12 batteries, and 1 section engineers.

In addition there is a garrison army of 80,000, which can be strengthened by the _garde civique_, Antwerp forms the chief military base, and may be regarded as a very strong fortress.

Besides this, on the line of the Maas, there are the fortified towns of Liege, Huy, and Namur.