另一方面，佛兰德斯的高水位的和法国人对于在比利时盟友后面建设堡垒的厌恶使得法国和比利时边境只建有寥寥几个固定防御点.

But the high water table of Flanders and France’s aversion to building forts behind its Belgian ally left the Franco-Belgian border with only scanty fixed defenses.