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Destruction of the bridge at Licge, Belgium

Destruction of the bridge at Liege, Belgium at the beginning of World War I. So rapidly were the Belgians forced to retreat that they had no time to blow up the twelve Meuse bridges. Only one of them, the Pont de Arches, show in this photograph, was destroyed

Picture No
13989630
Media ID
45687329
Size
5200px x 3518px (1.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph in Nelson's Portfolio of War Pictures'
Date
1914

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Belgians Blow Blown Lige Meuse Pont Retreat


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