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CITIES and VILLAGES

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ENJOYMENTS and PAINS

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BELGIUM

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Audenarde

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Temp bridge built by Co. E 316th Engrs near Notre Dame de Pamele, Audenarde, Belgium

11-11-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Audenarde

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316th Engrs, 91st Div. building a bridge over canal in Audenarde, Belgium

11-10-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Engrs use a boat to support a temporary bridge over canal at Iseghem, Belgium

11-22-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

Izeghem

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Audenarde

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Men of Co. A, 316th Rgt marching over pontoon bridge, Audenarde, Belgium

11-11-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Fugitives from stricken Belgium reach France.

Fugitives from Belgium passing through Northern France.

Every means of transport was pressed into service

10-31-14

APA

Source of Photograph: World War I in Ohio Collection

at the Ohio Memory of the Ohio History organization

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Fugitives from stricken Belgium reach France

10-31-14

APA

Source of Photograph: World War I in Ohio Collection

at the Ohio Memory of the Ohio History organization

belgique belgium war guerre 14 18 1918 1918 arlon brussels bruxelles virton tienen tirlemont audenarde izeghem isephem

Fugitives from Belgium passing through Northern France

10-31-14

APA

Source of Photograph: World War I in Ohio Collection

at the Ohio Memory of the Ohio History organization

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Tienen - Tirlemont

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Belgian patrol holding up an automobile in which a [illegible]

was fleeing from the war zone.

Tienen, Belgium

APA

Source of Photograph: World War I in Ohio Collection

at the Ohio Memory of the Ohio History organization

George comment

The automobile appears to be

a pre-1914 Delaunay-Belleville

which were commonly uses as French Taxis

at the time.

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belgique belgium war guerre 14 18 1918 1918 arlon brussels bruxelles virton tienen tirlemont audenarde izeghem isephem

Arlon

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Arrival of first American troops in Belgium.

These troops are composed of the men who fought right up to the signing of the armistice.

The entire population of Arlon greeted the American troops with enthusiasm.

Arlon, Belgium. November 20, 1918.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Bruxelles

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Group of American Red Cross men, Lts. Kelly, Dubois, Fraser and Vance,

placing a wreath on Miss Edith Cavell's grave immediately

after the departure of the Germans from Brussels

Ca 1918

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Virton

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Citizens listening to 9th INF , 2nd Div band in Virton, Belgium

11-19-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Virton

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Germaine Van Valkenberg, niece of mayor, presents flowers to the Americans Virton Belgium

11-19-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Virton

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Miss Van Valkenberg with the bouquet and handmade flag, Virton, Belgium

11-19-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Virton

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Germaine Van Valkenberg presenting bouguet to 9th Inf. Band Virton, Belgium

11-19-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Bruxelles

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Royal family's return from exile, BLVD Anspach Loan, Brussels

11-22-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Virton

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Milk dealer, Virton, Belgium

11-19-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Virton

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Sisters re-emerge when seeing US 2nd Div arrive 8 hrs after Germans leave Virton, Belgium

11-19-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Arlon

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6th Marines 2nd Div letting children ride their horses, Arlon, Belgium

11-20-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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