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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
ON THE BATTLEFIELD
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page 7
Diest
Proving identity
Near Diest
Photograph shows soldiers checking identies of people after the Battle of Haelen
which was fought by the German and Belgian armies
on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I.
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Copied by Bain from a photograph by Agence Meurisse with French caption:
"En Belgique: combats de Haelen et de Diest: dans un village près de Diest, vérification d'identité".
Translation:
In Belgium: Battle of Haelen and Diest: In a village near Diest, verifying identity.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Halen - Haelen
Road from Diest to Haelen
Photograph shows dead horses in a road after the Battle of Haelen
which was fought by the German and Belgian armies
on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Halen - Haelen
After the battle of Haelen
Photograph shows dead horses in a road after the Battle of Haelen
which was fought by the German and Belgian armies
on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Halen - Haelen
Burying horses, Battlefield of Haelen
Photograph shows dead horses being buried in a trench after the Battle of Haelen
which was fought by the German and Belgian armies
on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Halen - Haelen
Barricade on farm, Haelen
Photograph shows the aftermath of the Battle of Haelen
which was fought by the German and Belgian armies on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Halen - Haelen
Belgium
Burying horses after battle
Photograph shows people looking at a dead horse in the road after the Battle of Haelen
which was fought by the German and Belgian armies
on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I.
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Image copied by Bain from a photograph by Agence Meurisse with French caption:
"En Belgique: combats de Haelen et de Diest: aprés la bataille, enlèvement des cadavres de chevaux.
" Translation:
In Belgium: Battle of Haelen and Diest: After the battle, removal of the dead horses.
(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Halen - Haelen
Corner of battlefield, Haelen
Photograph shows dead soldiers and horses in a field after the Battle of Haelen
which was fought by the German and Belgian armies
on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Halen - Haelen
Barricade on Liege Rd.
Photograph shows the aftermath of the Battle of Haelen
which was fought by the German and Belgian armies
on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I
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Copied by Bain from a photograph by Agence Meurisse with French caption:
"En Belgique: combats de Haelen et de Diest : barrage sur la route de Liège "
Translation:
In Belgium: Battle of Haelen and Diest: Barricade on the road to Liège.
(Source: Gallica Digital Library website) - (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Diest
Halen - Haelen
After Battle -- Road from Diest to Haelen
Photograph shows dead horses and damaged buildings after the Battle of Haelen
which was fought by the German and Belgian armies
on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Halen - Haelen
Haelen
Church after bombardment
Photograph shows Saint-Pieterin-Banden church in Haelen (Halen), Belgium
after the Battle of Haelen which was fought by the German and Belgian armies
on August 12, 1914 during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Halen - Haelen
Haelen after battle
Photograph shows damaged buildings in Haelen, Belgium after the Battle of Haelen
which was fought by the German and Belgian armies
on August 12, 1914 during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Diest
Halen - Haelen
German Cavalry equipment left on Belgian Battle Field
Photograph shows pile of German cavalry equipment taken by the Belgians
after the Battle of Haelen and Diest during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Image copied by Bain from an Agence Meurisse photograph with French caption:
"En Belgique: combats de Haelen et Diest: équipements de cavalerie allemande pris par les Belges.
" Translation: In Belgium:
Battle of Haelen and Diest: German cavalry equipment taken by the Belgians.
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Antwerp - Anvers
Belgian Gunners before Antwerp
Photograph shows Belgian soldiers with large field gun,
during the Siege of Antwerp by the German Army during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Antwerp - Anvers
Belgian Gunners before Antwerp
Photograph shows Belgian soldiers with large field gun,
during the Siege of Antwerp by the German Army during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Antwerp - Anvers
German Landsturm troops, Antwerp
Photograph shows German troops in Grote Markt plaza, Antwerp, Belgium during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Bain News Service, publisher
between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Antwerp - Anvers
German Hussars in Antwerp
Photograph shows German Hussars on horses in the street in Antwerp, Belgium during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Bain News Service, publisher
between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Antwerp - Anvers
German Commandant's Hdqtrs., Antwerp
Photograph shows German headquarters in Antwerp City Hall, Antwerp, Belgium during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and 2017)
Bain News Service, publisher
between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Antwerp - Anvers
Germans helping refugees returning to Antwerp
Photograph shows German soldiers on train tracks carrying bundle for Belgian refugees
in Antwerp, Belgium during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Antwerp - Anvers
[close up]
Germans helping refugees returning to Antwerp
Photograph shows German soldiers on train tracks carrying bundle for Belgian refugees
in Antwerp, Belgium during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Bruxelles
Brussels--Germans on Boulevard Bolwerk
German soldiers on horse-drawn wagon.
Photograph appears in The Illustrated War News, September 2, 1914, with caption :
"After the arrogant parade of the Germans in Brussels: leaving the capital for the front again."
1914
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Bruges
Captured English autobus used by Germans in Belgium
Photograph shows German soldiers in a captured English bus in Market Square,
Bruges, Belgium, during World War I.
The statue in the background depicts Jan Breydel and Pieter de Coninck.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)
between 1914 and ca. 1915
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C