Picture No | 10725937 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | Bombardment of Fort Boncelles and Fort Barchon |
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The German bombardment of Fort de Boncelles and Fort de Barchon in August 1914 as seen from the British Vice-Consul's (J. Byron Dolphin) garden in Liège, Belgium. The two forts were part of the Fortifications of Liège and were heavily bombarded with German artillery and taken.
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Source | Illustration by Philip Dadd in The Sphere, 7 December 1914, pages 20 - 21 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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