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Belgium in War: A Record of Personal Experiences J Howard 1873-1955 Whitehouse No preview available - 2015 |
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27th of September afford cover arrested ATTACK ON ANTWERP beautiful Belgian Government Belgian Ministry Belgian nation BELGIAN PRIEST Belgium has suffered BELGIUM IN WAR blown bomb bombardment CHURCH AT TERMONDE civilian population CONDITION OF ANTWERP considerable numbers crowded DEFENCES OF ANTWERP DESTROYED HOUSES enemy entirely destroyed exodus factories fire Flemish FLIGHT FROM ANTWERP food supplies forts German army German methods German siege guns German soldiers German troops Ghent Gothic churches guidance and help homes hospital base large number LIÈGE AND NAMUR Louis Raemaekers Malines ment METHODS IN BELGIUM Minister of Finance neutral countries number of priests occupied Ostend panic-stricken peaceful peasants have fled possible public buildings ravage reached Antwerp RECORD OF PERSONAL refugees remained RETREAT FROM Brussels ruins scarcely offer Scheldt shell similarly destroyed SITUATION THROUGHOUT BELGIUM STEPS OF DESTROYED street after street systematic destruction towns and villages trenches TYPICAL SCENE Whole cities whole of Belgium wood logs