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A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium By: Hugh Gibson (1883-1954) |
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[Illustration: His Majesty, Albert, King of the Belgians
Photograph by Boute, Brussels ] A JOURNAL
FROM OUR LEGATION
IN BELGIUM BY
HUGH GIBSON SECRETARY OF THE
AMERICAN LEGATION IN BRUSSELS ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1917, by
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian.
TO MY MOTHER
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
His Majesty, Albert, King of the Belgians Front FACING
PAGE
Facsimile of the first page of the German ultimatum to Belgium
( in the text ) 16 Pass issued by the Belgian military authorities to enable Mr.
Gibson to enter the German Legation at Brussels 16 Maître Gaston de Leval, legal adviser to the American Legation
in Brussels 17 Her Majesty, Elizabeth, Queen of the Belgians 32 Mr. Brand Whitlock, American Minister to Belgium 33 German supply train entering Brussels 96 German infantry entering Brussels 97 German officers and soldiers were always ready to oblige by
posing for the camera 112 "Mit Gott für Kaiser und Reich" 112 Count Guy d'Oultremont 113 From left to right: Colonel DuCane, Captain Ferguson and
Colonel Fairholme 113 Pass issued by General von Jarotzky ( in text ) 116 Letter signed by Burgomaster Max requesting the Belgian
authorities to allow Mr. Gibson to pass ( in text ) 128 Boy Scouts at Belgian headquarters 140 Reading from left to right: a Belgian Staff Officer, Colonel
Fairholme, Colonel DuCane and Captain Ferguson 140 List of the civilians killed by the Germans at Tamines on
August 20, 1914 141 Entrance to the Rue de Diest, Louvain 156 The dead and the living. A Belgian civilian and a German
soldier 157 Pass issued by Field Marshal von der Goltz ( in text ) 200 A street in Louvain 202 Fixing on the white Flag for the dash between the lines 202 Refugees from the villages near the Antwerp forts 203 Arrival in Antwerp of refugees from Malines 203 At Malines a good background for a photograph to send home
to Germany 218 His Eminence, Cardinal Mercier 219 Fire at Namur during the bombardment 254 Effect of big German shell on Fort of Waehlem 255 Outside view of the Fort of Waehlem after bombardment 255 View of the Meuse at Huy 262 Refugees fleeing toward Dunkirk before the German advance 263 Graves of civilians shot by the Germans 266 A typical proclamation 266 Views of the Fort of Waehlem after its bombardment 267 Herbert C... Continue reading book >>
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