Drie Grachten is a hamlet in Merkem, a borough of Houthulst in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
During the First World War, the town was located at the front. In the early autumn of 1914, the first German scouts or Uhlans arrived in the surrounding villages. The Belgian engineers then erected a position to defend the bridge on the Drie Grachten. On 15 October it was decided to blow up the bridge and the nearby Cayennemolen and Knokkebrug. The Germans took the hamlet of Luigem, one kilometer east of Drie Grachten, on 21 October and built a defensive position there. Shortly afterwards, the Allies began flooding the Yser Plain. The area around Drie Grachten was also flooded. Only the Drie Grachtensteenweg, which was slightly higher, remained passable. On the west side was Drie Grachten, which was occupied by the French, on the east side was Luigem, which was occupied by Germans and remained above water like a peninsula. On the night of November 9-10, the French launched a failed attack on Germany's Luigem peninsula. A German counter-attack in the night of 11 to 12 November also failed. At the beginning of 1915, the Belgians relieved the French at the Drie Grachten. On March 29, the Germans started a second attack and finally they were able to capture the Drie Grachten on April 8. They then expanded the place into a fortified German outpost, which could only be reached along the road to Noordschote, which was under fire. It would take until the Third Battle of Ypres in mid-August 1917 before the French could push the Germans back beyond the Drie Grachten.

Nice and smooth!

Nice footage

Smoothly done.Thanks for the historical background.

really pretty country -side

Lovely flight.   

Very nicely done.    That hamlet has quite the history.  

Hello there K-Castello. Good day and thank you for posting this wonderful aerial video you have filmed using your DJI Mavic Air 2. Great work and keep flying. .

very smooth,great!