Antwerp Collection (page 6)

Antwerp. Date: 1839

Antwerp, Belgium - Chateau D eau (two fabulously ornate water towers) and the New Railway Station, Date: circa 1900

Robert Van Hoeck
ROBERT VAN HOECK Flemish artist and military engineer from Antwerp, controller of fortifications for his majesty (Louis XIV ?) in Flanders. Date: 1622 - 1668

Olympics / 1920 / Football
Football match between Belgium and Czechoslovakia: tossing the coin Date: 1920

German soldiers near Antwerp WWI
German soldiers in a trench near Antwerp on the Western Front during World War I

German troops WWI
German troops near Antwerp during World War I

Belgium - Antwerp - Working Dock Horses
Belgium - Antwerp - working horses on the dock. Here this horse team transport a set of barrels along the cobbled quayside streets

Antwerp, Belgium
A panorama of 16th century Antwerp, Belgium. The cathedral of Our Lady can be seen in the centre, with the Scheldt river crowded with ships in the foreground

Raspberries
Rivers Hornet Sweet Yellow Antwerp Baumforths Seedling

A British gun which aided the attack on German troops in Antwerp

An exceptionally large splinter-proof shelter: A feature of modren entrenchments, as seen near Antwerp

Germanys eastern stronghold which suffered the fate of Liege and Antwerp: Men of the German Garrison at Tsing-Tau

Shattered by German guns: Fort Wavre Sainte Catherine, near Antwerp

Antwerp Taken - 2
A French force besieges Antwerp and takes it from the Dutch in time for the Belgians to celebrate Christmas there

Antwerp Taken
The French come to the assistance of Belgium : they besiege Antwerp and will eventually take it from the Dutch

Antwerp Attacked
The Spanish storm Antwerp

Antwerp Besieged
View from the sea as the city of Antwerp is seized by general Chasse : the Belgians will not get it back until December 1832. Date: 27 October 1830

Antwerp Taken - 3
A French force besieges Antwerp and after fierce fighting takes it from the Dutch in time for the Belgians to celebrate Christmas there

Alvas Statue
After he is safely out of the way, the statue of the hated Alva is dragged through the streets by the citizens of Antwerp

German trenches at the front
German infantry in advanced trenches in front of Antwerp readying to fire upon the Belgians with a machine-gun

Belgian women giving out walnuts
Brave Belgian women giving out walnuts to French soldiers in the trenches near Antwerp, between Duffel and Lierre

Belgian soldiers retreat
Belgian soldiers in August 1914, retreating to Antwerp, accompanied by dogs pulling machine guns. As the Germans pushed their invasion through Belgium, the Belgium army was forced to retreat

Jan Van Kessel
JAN VAN KESSEL Flemish artist from Antwerp reputed for his paintings of flowers and small animals

Farnese Enters Antwerp
Alexander Farnese, Spanish commander, enters Antwerp with his troops

ALBERT I (1875 - 1934)
ALBERT I With wife Elisabeth, opening the Antwerp Exhibition (probably of 1930)

TRUCE OF 1609
The Dutch celebrate the truce of Antwerp with Spain, which effectively terminated the war and secured the independence of the Netherlands

Antwerp / Hotel Antoine
Antwerp: Hotel St Antoine

Antwerp Bombarded
The citadel of Antwerp, held by the Dutch garrison, is bombarded by the French and forced to surrender

Prince of Orange 1567
In the face of intense Spanish oppression, William of Orange leaves Antwerp by one gate while Margaret of Parma, Regent of the Netherlands, enters by another

French Take Antwerp
The French besiege and take ANTWERP

Noblewoman of Antwerp
A noblewoman of Antwerp

Collision / Whale & Ship
A collision between a steamer, Waesland and a sleeping whale between Antwerp and New York. The 80 foot whale was cut in two

Chris Plantin (Boulonois
CHRISTOPHE PLANTIN French printer at Antwerp

Wwi / 1915 / Antwerp Burns
The Belgian city of Antwerp is bombarded by the Germans

Wwi / Antwerp Evacuated
Antwerp is evacuated in the face of the German advance through Belgium

Belgians Leave Antwerp
The Belgian Army is forced to evacuate Antwerp, overwhelmed by the German advance : at Maldeghem, near Bruges, a train carrying infantry crosses a column of cavalry

Leaving Antwerp
Hundreds of thousands of Belgians retreat to Antwerp before the German advance, making their getaway as best they can : in a few hours, the city will be deserted

Germans in Belgium
German infantry leave Brussels to attack Antwerp, which is at present the centre of Belgian resistance; it will shortly fall, with heavy losses and terrible destruction

Events / World War One / Wes
The city of Antwerp is taken by German forces after a siege

Calvinists Rising
The Calvinist protestants of Antwerp make an unsuccessful attempt to seize control of the city from their Spanish (Catholic) governors

Royal Exchange C17
The courtyard of Thomas Greshams Royal Exchange, modelled on the bourse at Antwerp : sadly, it will be destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666

ANTWERP, 1920
The roadstead seen from the Tete de Flandre

Belgian Dogs Pull Guns
Making preparations for war, the Belgian army trains dogs to haul machine guns : well, its a change from dragging milk churns round the streets of Antwerp

Hanseatic League / Antwerp
The Leagues headquarters at Antwerp

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