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Flanders Collection (page 8)

Background imageFlanders Collection: A typical hut in Flanders

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: A YMCA cellar in Flanders

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: King Albert I of Belgium, retreat to Antwerp, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: Street scene in Oude-God, Belgium, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: Belgian soldiers in street scene, Belgium, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: Belgian engineers at Termonde, Belgium, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: German mortar damage to fort, Liege, Belgium, WW1

German mortar damage to fort, Liege, Belgium, WW1
Damage to a fort in Liege, Belgium, caused by a 42cm German mortar during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageFlanders Collection: Results of German heavy artillery, Belgium, WW1

Results of German heavy artillery, Belgium, WW1
Results of German heavy artillery at Maubeuge, Belgium, during the First World War, showing a damaged gun dome. Date: September 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: German 13cm field gun at Houthulst, Western Front, WW1

German 13cm field gun at Houthulst, Western Front, WW1
A German 13cm field gun in a camouflaged position, loaded ready to fire, in Houthulst (or Houthoulst) Forest on the Western Front in Flanders during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageFlanders Collection: Belgian soldiers retreating to Antwerp, WW1

Belgian soldiers retreating to Antwerp, WW1
Belgian soldiers retreating to Antwerp soon after the start of the First World War, with dogs pulling machine guns. Date: August 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: Landing wagons at Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1

Landing wagons at Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
German forces landing wagons at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, following the arrival of the 7th Division during the First World War. Date: 7 October 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: Civilian refugees leaving Ypres, Belgium, WW1

Civilian refugees leaving Ypres, Belgium, WW1
Civilian refugees leaving Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 2 November 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: German Fokker D VII fighter planes, Flanders, WW1

German Fokker D VII fighter planes, Flanders, WW1
German Fokker D VII single-seat fighter planes on an airfield in Flanders, with pursuit pilots and ground crew, towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Background imageFlanders Collection: German prisoners captured at Broodseinde, WW1

German prisoners captured at Broodseinde, WW1
German prisoners of war captured during the Battle of Broodseinde (4 October 1917), Flanders, during the First World War. They are a German Commander (centre), his adjutant and staff

Background imageFlanders Collection: British troops boarding a train, Western Front, WW1

British troops boarding a train, Western Front, WW1
British troops of a Midland Regiment boarding a train on the Western Front during the First World War, after a spell in the trenches of Flanders. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageFlanders Collection: Belgian troops at Termonde, Belgium, WW1

Belgian troops at Termonde, Belgium, WW1
Belgian troops at Termonde, Belgium, towards the start of the First World War. They are the rear guard, covering a retreat after a railway bridge has been blown up to delay the German advance

Background imageFlanders Collection: Civilians fleeing Nieuport, Belgium, WW1

Civilians fleeing Nieuport, Belgium, WW1
Civilians fleeing Nieuport, Belgium, after bombardment during the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: Brtish troops breaking stones, Flanders, WW1

Brtish troops breaking stones, Flanders, WW1
British troops breaking stones for road making around the time of the Battle of Broodseinde, Flanders, during the First World War. circa 1917

Background imageFlanders Collection: City square during retreat from Antwerp, Belgium, WW1

City square during retreat from Antwerp, Belgium, WW1
Scene in the city square during the retreat from Antwerp, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: View of a fort, Belgium, WW1

View of a fort, Belgium, WW1
View of a fort in Belgium during the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: Civilian refugees near Ghent, Belgium, WW1

Civilian refugees near Ghent, Belgium, WW1
Civilian refugees resting at the side of a rail track near Ghent, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 9 October 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: Portuguese prisoners handing over gas masks, WW1

Portuguese prisoners handing over gas masks, WW1
Portuguese soldiers taken prisoner in the Battle of Armentieres (Battle of the Lys) handing over their gas masks at a collecting point, Flanders, First World War. Date: April 1918

Background imageFlanders Collection: Inhabitants giving coffee to British troops, Flanders, WW1

Inhabitants giving coffee to British troops, Flanders, WW1
Local inhabitants giving coffee to British troops (2nd Scots Guards) on the road from Roulers to Ypres, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 14 October 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: Belgian cavalry passing through Sommergem, WW1

Belgian cavalry passing through Sommergem, WW1
Belgian cavalry passing through Sommergem (Somerghem), East Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. Transport of the 2nd Scots Guards can be seen on the right

Background imageFlanders Collection: British soldier chatting to local woman, Flanders, WW1

British soldier chatting to local woman, Flanders, WW1
A British soldier of the Liverpool Scottish regiment, off duty and behind the lines, chats with a local woman at Dicksbusch, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Background imageFlanders Collection: Shell craters at Liege, Belgium, WW1

Shell craters at Liege, Belgium, WW1
Three shell craters after bombardment at Liege, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageFlanders Collection: Belgian gunners during evacuation of Antwerp, WW1

Belgian gunners during evacuation of Antwerp, WW1
Belgian gunners during the evacuation of Antwerp, First World War. Date: circa 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: Belgian troops with dogs, Belgium, WW1

Belgian troops with dogs, Belgium, WW1
Belgian troops with dogs pulling artillery carts, Belgium, leaving for the front line towards the start of the First World War. Date: 25 October 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: Devastation during bombing, Ostend, Belgium, WW1

Devastation during bombing, Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Devastation inside a church in Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. Nuns stand on the right, looking at the bodies of women, and a jumble of wooden chairs. Date: circa 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: Belgian nuns and others, Adinkerke, Belgium, WW1

Belgian nuns and others, Adinkerke, Belgium, WW1
Belgian nuns and others walking along a road at Adinkerke, behind the Yser front in Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Background imageFlanders Collection: German prisoner captured at Messines, Flanders, WW1

German prisoner captured at Messines, Flanders, WW1
A German prisoner of war captured during the Battle of Messines Ridge (June 1917), Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Background imageFlanders Collection: Defending Willebroek Canal, Belgium, WW1

Defending Willebroek Canal, Belgium, WW1
Belgian troops defending the Willebroek Canal, Belgium, during the German advance on Antwerp, First World War. Showing men resting their rifles on sandbags piled up along the banks

Background imageFlanders Collection: Wounded man in street, Malines, Belgium, WW1

Wounded man in street, Malines, Belgium, WW1
Tending a wounded man in the street at Malines, Belgium, during the retreat to Antwerp, First World War. He is carried by soldiers, under the supervision of a nurse. Date: 1 September 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: 7th Division loading supplies, Ostend, Belgium, WW1

7th Division loading supplies, Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Men of the Belgian 7th Division loading supplies onto a wagon at Ostend, Belgium, soon after the start of the First World War. Date: October 1914

Background imageFlanders Collection: Civilian refugees from Ypres, Belgium, WW1

Civilian refugees from Ypres, Belgium, WW1
Civilian refugees from Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageFlanders Collection: Damage to fort, Liege, Belgium, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: Belgian armoured train in action, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: Belgian refugees watch British soldiers, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: Derailed train near Antwerp, Belgium, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: Belgian retreat to Antwerp, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: Scene in market place, Moorslede, Flanders, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: German prisoners captured at Poelkapelle, WW1

German prisoners captured at Poelkapelle, WW1
German prisoners of war captured during the Battle of Poelkapelle (9 October 1917), Flanders, during the First World War. Seen here in a prisoners camp near Ypres

Background imageFlanders Collection: Grave in a shell hole, Belgium, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: German cavalry on manoeuvres, Belgium, WW1

German cavalry on manoeuvres, Belgium, WW1
German cavalry on manoeuvres in Belgium during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageFlanders Collection: Civilians fleeing their village, Oostvleteren, Belgium, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: Mayor of Brussels encountering German invaders, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: Belgian troops camouflaged with straw, Belgium, WW1

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

Background imageFlanders Collection: Memorial to first Portuguese soldier killed in action, WW1

Memorial to first Portuguese soldier killed in action, WW1
Memorial to Antonio Goncalves Curado (1894-1917) of the 12th Company, 28th Infantry Regiment, who died in Flanders during the First World War



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