Flanders Collection (page 7)

Record of Services of the 79th Brigade, RFA, Flanders
Printed copy of Record of Services of the 79th Brigade, RFA, during the Operations of the Fifth Army in Flanders, October and November 1917 by Lt. Col. L. E

Ypres - The foot of the Cloth Hall, November 1919. Ernest Procter, ARA NEAC IS (1886-1935), ambulance driver and official artist with the Friends Ambulance Unit, 1916-1917

Calonne, near Loos - British troops in their trenches, WW1
Calonne, near Loos - British troops in their trenches, by Lieutenant Morris Meredith Williams, Royal Engineers (b.1881), commissioned 1.7.17. Date: circa 1917

Dawn, First World War scene on the Western Front
Dawn, photographed by Cooke showing British troops, who have slept in the open country waking up to a misty morning in Flanders. Date: 1914

Breton marines defend the town of Dixmude, November 1914
The fight on the banks of the canal at Dixmude (Diksmuide) during the retreat of the French marine forces from the town. Date: 1914

West Front of Ypres Cathedral from Cloth Hall, WW1
West Front of Ypres Cathedral from foot of the tower of the Cloth Hall, by Ernest Procter, ARA NEAC IS (1886-1935), ambulance driver and official artist with the Friends Ambulance Unit, 1916-1917

Flanders: Crossing of Yser river barrier
The bridging of the Yser and Yser canal under fire, during the opening allied attack: Two of the British infantry and pack-horse bridges. Date: 1917

Attempt of Prussian Guard to break British line round Ypres
Desperate attempt of the famous Prussian Guard to break the protecting British line round Ypres in Flanders in November 1914. The British infantry repulsed the Germans with heavy losses

Church of Saint Jean in Dixmude, West Flanders, WWI
The church of Saint Jean in Dixmude, West Flanders, near Ypres - almost in ruins after the bombardment of the town in the First World War. Date: 1914

Algerian cavalry in West Flanders, 1914
French Algerian cavalry - spahis drawn up in the market square at Furnes, West Flanders, Belgium, November 1914. Belgian people taking a keen interest. Date: 1914

Flanders 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

First attack of the Battle of Flanders
Second Battle of Flanders: Going methodically forward they took every trench and point they were set to take precisely as was appointed for them, until they arrived close up to the Steenbeek River

Partly finished battlefield road at Flanders 1917
Second Battle of Flanders: Troops in the front are capturing positions and beating off counter attacks night and day. While the temporary lulls of infantry fighting between each thrust forward

Preliminary artillery bombardments in Battle of Flanders
Keeping the gunners posted as to targets and ranges in action: Telephoning instructions from observation-officers to the batteries from a captured German dug-out. Date: 1917

Brtish observation balloon 1917
The first coming of light, early in the morning of Battle of Broodseinde during the First World War, as the " eye" of the artillery is finished its preliminary intensified firing

The Fighting Line in Flanders, 1915
Areas of possession between the German and Allied armies on the Western front by the autumn of 1915. Despite the advances made by the Germans at Ypres

Belgian troops with dog-team 1916
Belgian campaign in August and September 1916 of World War One, saw Belgian troops using big sturdy dogs to pull artillery carts, they stood fire well, besides being readily tractable

Natural History of the War by Bruce Bairnsfather
Natural History of the War The Flanders Sea Lion (Leo Maritimus) An almost extinct amphibian, first discovered in Flanders during the Winter of 1914-15

French soldiers washing at a pond, WW1
French soldiers siezing the opportunity of indulging in an al fresco wash in a village in Flanders in 1915. Date: 1915

Scenes from behind the front line in Flanders, H. L. Oakley
Scenes of French life behind the front lines, familiar to British soldiers billeted in France during the First World War, cut on the spot with scissors by Lieut. (later Captain) H. L

Shell crater in Flanders graveyard, Western Front, WW1
A shell crater in a graveyard in Flanders, Belgium, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

French infantry crossing Yser canal, Belgium, WW1
French infantry crossing the Yser canal, near Ecluse de Het-Sas, Belgium, very early in the morning, during the First World War. Date: July 1917

Belgian soldiers watching German shell fire, WW1
Belgian soldiers watching German shell fire on a street in the village of Grembergen, East Flanders, during the First World War

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861 - 1928) Commander-in-chief of the British Forces in France and Flanders during the Great War. Date: 1916

A Tour in Flanders (1792). Rowlandson, Thomas 1756 - 1827. Date: 1792

Belgian Infantry in action at Malines - WWI
Belgian Infantry in action at Malines (Mechelen / Mechlin) on 25th August 1914 during the first week of the conflict during WWI. Date: 1914

Flanders B2

Flanders Monoplanes

Flanders Monoplane

Flanders F4 Monoplane

Flanders F2 Monoplane flying for the Michelin Duration Prize in 1911

NITHARD, Juan Everardo (1607-1681). Jesuit, general inquisitor and governor of Flanders. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Council of State

Capture of Infante Fernando, Count of Flanders
" Capture of Infante Fernando, Count of Flanders, in the battle of Bouvines (February 27th, 1214). Illustration on page 285 of Grandes Chroniques de France" (14th century). Gothic art

Philip Vs army meeting Flanders troops. Illustration
" Philip Vs army meeting Flanders troops. Illustration from " Grandes Chroniques de France" (14th century). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly

BELGIUM. Bruges. Burg Square. City hall

BELGIUM. Louvain. Statue of Erasmus of Rotterdam in Mechelsstraat. Sculpture

BELGIUM. Bruges. Grote Markt. Watchtower of 83 m. high (13th c.). It has a carillon with 47 bells. Architecture

BELGIUM. Bruges. Burg Square. City hall buildings an Old Notarys Office

BELGIUM. Damme. City Hall and statue of the poet Jacob van Maerlant (c. 1230-1300)

The Batle of Rocroi
The Battle of Rocroi, 19th May 1643. Sauveur Le Conte (1659-94). Oil on Canvas. Central section depicting the fight between the troops led by the Governor of Flanders

Augustinian Nun
NUN OF SAINT AUGUSTINE Flanders

Blanchard and Lepinard balloon ascent
14th balloon ascent of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, accompanied by the Chevalier Lepinard, at Lille, Flanders. With spectators and soldiers on the ground. 26 August 1785

A typical hut in Flanders. Poster showing soldiers approaching a YMCA facility. Date 1915

A YMCA cellar in Flanders. Poster showing a YMCA facility for soldiers, including distribution of books and supplies, and men in uniform relaxing, reading, writing, and smoking. Date 1915

King Albert I of Belgium, retreat to Antwerp, WW1
King Albert I of Belgium in uniform, taking part in the retreat to Antwerp soon after the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

Street scene in Oude-God, Belgium, WW1
Street scene in Oude-God, near Antwerp, northern Belgium, during the First World War. Showing five British omnibuses containing British sailors and Belgian soldiers. Date: October 1914

Belgian soldiers in street scene, Belgium, WW1
Belgian soldiers in a street scene, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian engineers at Termonde, Belgium, WW1
Belgian engineers blowing up a railway bridge at Termonde, Belgium, towards the start of the First World War, in order to delay the German advance. Date: 18 September 1914

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