Belgian Collection (#36)

Wreck of HMS Vindictive at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of the wreck of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Second Ostend Raid (10 May 1918), during the First World War

Damage to fort, Liege, Belgium, WW1
Damage to a fort in Liege, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Aerial view of damaged Zeebrugge Mole, Belgium, WW1
German aerial photograph of the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

Belgian infantry and cavalry retreat from Antwerp, WW1
Belgian infantry and cavalry on the march during the second retreat from Antwerp, First World War. Date: 9-13 September 1914

7th Division and others, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
Men of the Belgian 7th Division on the quay at Zeebrugge, Belgium, soon after the start of the First World War. With them are men of the 2nd Scots Guards and 2nd Gordon Highlanders

Belgian armoured train in action, WW1
A Belgian armoured train in action during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian refugees watch British soldiers, WW1
Belgian refugees standing at the side of a road on the Western Front during the First World War, watching British soldiers marching by. Date: 1914-1918

Derailed train near Antwerp, Belgium, WW1
A derailed train near Antwerp, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian soldiers defending a road, WW1
Belgian soldiers defending a road during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian retreat to Antwerp, WW1
Scene during the Belgian armys retreat to Antwerp soon after the start of the First World War. Cavalry are seen here retreating from Louvain (Leuven). Date: 20 August 1914

Scene in market place, Moorslede, Flanders, WW1
Scene in the market place of Moorslede, West Flanders, Belgium, during a defensive battle, First World War. Date: July-September 1917

Waterloo Monument and Museum near Brussels, Belgium
View of the Waterloo Monument (Butte de Lion) and Museum near Brussels, Belgium. Date: February 1919

View of the Mole, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
View of the Mole at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Grave in a shell hole, Belgium, WW1
A Belgian grave in a shell hole, with a makeshift cross, Belgium, during the First World War. A human hand appears to be sticking out of the soil. Date: 20 November 1914

Belgian troops landing at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Belgian troops landing at Ostend, Belgium, at the start of the First World War. Date: 30 August 1914

HMS Vindictive at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium, when her upperworks were badly damaged by gunfire

Belgian cavalry in a Brussels street, WW1
Belgian cavalry riding along a Brussels street, Belgium, at the start of the First World War. Date: August 1914

Civilians fleeing their village, Oostvleteren, Belgium, WW1
Civilians fleeing their village, Oostvleteren, Belgium, after bombing during the First World War. Date: 1915

Belgian mother and baby, WW1
A Belgian mother and her baby during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

View of Bruges Canal, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
View of the Bruges Canal at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War, around the time of the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918)

Two Belgian children, WW1
Two Belgian children during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian soldiers getting into position, WW1
Belgian soldiers getting into position on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914

View of British ships from Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of British ships and boats out at sea, seen from the port of Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. They include two obsolete British cruisers, HMS Brilliant and HMS Sirius

Mayor of Brussels encountering German invaders, WW1
The heroic Mayor of Brussels, Adolphe Max, together with his colleagues Steens, Jacqmain and Vauthier, refuses to shake the hand of General Von Jarotsky, leader of the German army

Panorama of Hastiere, Belgium and the River Meuse Date: circa 1910s

Belgian troops camouflaged with straw, Belgium, WW1
Belgian troops with their caps camouflaged with straw, around the time of the Battle of Haelen (Halen), Belgium, during the First World War. Date: August 1914

Belgian aeroplane flying over British camp, WW1
A Belgian aeroplane flying over a British camp on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 31 October 1914

Belgian armoured car and crew, WW1
A Belgian armoured car and its crew, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: November 1914

Brtish observation balloon near Ypres, Flanders, WW1
A British observation balloon coming to earth after a mornings work over enemy lines, near Ypres, Flanders, around the time of the Battle of Broodseinde during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Wounded Belgian troops in Calais, France, WW1
Wounded Belgian troops from Furnes, marching through Calais, north western France, during the First World War. Date: 11 November 1914

Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium - Villa Reigersberg Date: circa 1918

Aerial photograph of a battlefield, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (French) of a battlefield on the western front in France or Belgium, described as Les Carrieres d Hauchemont (Orchimont?), during the First World War. Date: 22 June 1917

Reiff, winner of the 5, 000 metres, 1948 London Olympics
Belgian long-distance runner Reiff managed to snatch the lead from the Czech competitor Zatopek with three laps to go, to win the 5, 000 metres at 1984 London Olympic Games. Date: 1948

British section, Brussels International Exposition, Belgium
View of the British section, Brussels International Exposition of 1910, Belgium. Date: 1910

State entry of King and Queen of Belgium into Brussels
State entry of King Albert I of Belgium and his wife, Elisabeth of Bavaria, into Brussels following the Allied victory, with soldiers on horseback in a city street. Date: 22 November 1918

Heavyweight boxing, 1948 London Olympics
E.J. Lambert of the USA (right) and F. Bothy of Belgium competing for heavyweight honours at the Empire Pool (hence the reflection in the lower half of the photograph)

Town Hall in Bruges
Bruges Town Hall and Belgian flag in Burg Square, Bruges, Belgium circa 2008

Belgium - WWI - Remains of The Druid tank on the St Julien Poelcapelle Road Date: circa 1917

Commander Leon de Witte, Belgian army officer
Commander (later General) Leon de Witte de Haelen (1857-1933), Belgian army officer (cavalry) who served on the Western Front during the First World War. Seen here as a young man. Date: 19th century

Aerial photograph of Zonnebeke, Belgium, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of the area around Zonnebeke, including Zonnebeke Lake and Church, Belgium, on the western front during the First World War

Aerial photograph of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, taken from a height of 17, 000 feet in a DHA (De Havilland)

Aerial photograph of Polygon Wood, Belgium, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of Polygon Wood (Polygoneveld, or Bois de Polygone), near Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War

General Rucquoy, Chief of Staff, Belgian Army, WW1
General Rucquoy, Chief of Staff of the Belgian Army, seen here at his desk during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1918

Bruges, Belgium - The Green Quay (Quai Vert) Date: circa 1910s

Bruges, Belgium Date: 1915

Belgium - Malmedy - The Marketplace Date: circa 1903

Battlefield of Waterloo and Mont-Saint-Jean
Aerial view of the battlefield of Waterloo and Mont-Saint-Jean, Belgium - scene of the great defeat of Napoleon on 18th June 1815. Date: circa 1910s

Laeken, Belgium (Brussels)
The Japanese Pagoda and the Chinese Pavilion at Laeken, Belgium (a residential suburb in north-west Brussels). The Chinese Pavilion was commissioned by King Leopold II

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