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PRISONERS

of

WAR

in BELGIUM

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Belgian “Franc-tireurs”, prisoners of German Hussars

Photograph shows Belgian resistance fighters who fought against the German occupation

during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Photograph shows German prisoners of war captured by British forces

at the Battle of Messines in West Flanders, Belgium during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and Imperial War Museums website)

1917 June 8

Photograph by Ernest Brooks (b. 1878

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress)

Messines

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Messines

Messines.jpg

Photograph shows German prisoners taken during the Battle of Messines,

June 8, 1917 during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project and Imperial War Museums website)

1917 June 8

Photograph by Ernest Brooks (b. 1878

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress)

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Menin

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After the Battle of Menin Road.

German prisoners being marched thru Ypres

after the great combined attack of the British, Australian and South African troops.

October 1917

Print from Red Cross Magazine.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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