The Battle Hostile_encounter of Buggenhout ( 25–29 September 1914 ) was fought Hostile_encounter at the beginning of the First World War Hostile_encounter in Belgium at Buggenhout a municipality between Antwerp , Ghent and Brussels .

Belgium was divided into administrative zones , the General Government of Brussels and its hinterland ; a second zone , under the 4th Army , including Ghent and Antwerp and a third zone under the German Navy along the coastline .