Walloon Riots (In Frederick's Fields)

The Walloon Riots were a series of rallies and riots in the Walloon region of the throughout the start of the twentieth century, most notably between 1902 and 1916, but strongest between 1913 and the outbreak of the Great War in 1915. Led by a "loud minority" of Walloons, especially around the cities of Mons and Arlon, looking for. Originally a method for autonomy by some French-born members of the Belgian Labour Party (originally mostly led by Jules Destrée), it eventually moved to the far-right and became explicitly intrincate with the ideals of, Rattachisme and union with the. The Walloon riots would eventually result in the and the  thereof, eventually resulting in the  and the start of the.