Category: Travel Writing

The Yser and the Belgian Coast: An Illustrated History and Guide

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7. Part 7

The church is a strange mixture of restorations, additions and alterations, which have changed its character and destroyed its harmony. The general style is early Gothic, and re...

2. Part 2

On the right wing, the Germans, driven out of Keyem on the previous day, attacked this village again and also Beerst, further south. Under a terrific artillery fire, the defende...

4. Part 4

The defenders being now exhausted, and the enemy's attack gathering strength, the Belgian General Staff gave orders to flood the area between the Yser and the railway embankment...

6. Part 6

_Cars can go to the end of the wharves on the mole._ Right and left of the entrance to the jetty are two 6in. guns on concrete platforms _(photo, p. 75)_. Next comes the open-wo...

8. Part 8

_Return by the same road to =Moerdijck=, turn left beyond the bridge, pass through =Moere= (2 kms.), and after crossing the light railway, take the road on the right which follo...

3. Part 3

_Subjected for three years to violent and frequent bombardments, Dunkirk was able, thanks to the admirable coolness and courage of her inhabitants, to maintain and develop its e...

5. Part 5

On the left, facing the sea, are screens which masked the fire of the guns from the land observation-posts. In front of the right-hand gun was the post of commandment.

1. Part 1

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9. Part 9

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