WWI, Ruins in Vise, Belgium, 1914
Ruins in Vise, Belgium, after destruction of town by German forces during World War I. The German armies entered Belgium on August 4, 1914, and entered Vise that day as part of the opening movements of the Battle of Liege. A small group of Belgian gendarmes opposed the advancing Germans and two of their number, Auguste Bouko and Jean-Pierre Thill, were killed in the action becoming the first Belgian casualties of World War I. Bain News Service August 1914
Picture No
10978207
Media ID
47618594
Size
4800px x 3321px
(4.8MB)
Credit
© Photo Researchers / Mary Evans~~
Source
Photo Researchers
Date
1914
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Aftermath Bain Bombed Destroy Devastated Devastation Vise War Torn War-torn
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