On May 12, 1940, the 7th Armored Division came under Mea in Houx and Dinant. The French did not expect the Germans so fast. They assumed that it would happen at the earliest of the fifth day of the war.

The line of defense on Moza was only planted when Dinant appeared on the German motorcycle rickshaw, followed by the entire division of Rommel and assigned to her 5th Armored Division.

