Namur Gallery

Belgian soldiers head to war

When Belgium was invaded at the start of World War I, it was lacking in fighting men, equipment and officers with experience of war. She had 110, 000 men, exclusive of the garrisons at Liege and Namur, to guard the road to Brussels. These men, however, proceeded to the firing line, as seen in this photograph, with determination and eagerness. Date: 1914

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Namur, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Namur, 1890. The Citadel of Namur on the confluence of Sambre and Meuse rivers was a disputed territory between Spain, France, England. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the Congress of Vienna incorporated Belgium into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Belgium broke away from the Netherlands in 1830 following the Belgian Revolution. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

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Namur. Tourelle des Guetteurs et Confluent de Sambre et Meuse, c1900

Namur. Tourelle des Guetteurs et Confluent de Sambre et Meuse, c1900. From Namur. [Ern. THILL, Bruxelles]

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