Belgium Gallery

Aerial view, shelling near Bailleul, Northern France, WW1

Oblique aerial view of a shelled area between Bailleul, Nord, Northern France, and Neuve Eglise, West Flanders, Belgium, on 21 August 1918. It was an area of German front line trenches. Date: 1918

© The Patricia Aubrey Collection / Mary Evans

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Aerial view, Hollebeke, West Flanders, Belgium, WW1

Aerial view of Hollebeke, near Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, on 28 December 1917, a front line area with snow on the ground. The crossroads with canal and railway can be seen. The black specks are newly shelled areas. Date: 1917

© The Patricia Aubrey Collection / Mary Evans

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Bomb damage in Antwerp, Belgium, First World War, 1914, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

Bomb damage in Antwerp, Belgium, First World War, 1914, (c1920). In the Early Days of the Zeppelin Raids: house wrecked by a bomb at Antwerp, 100 yards from [Belgian] King Albert's residence'. On the night of 24-25 August 1914, German Zeppelin Z IX bombed the port city of Antwerp, dropping bombs near the royal palace and killing five people. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume IX, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]

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