[Illustration: Shell Opens the Wall Surrounding the Convent of the Little Sisters of the Poor at Nieuport, Belgium, Exposing But Not Damaging the Shrine
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[Illustration: Middle-Aged and Elderly Men in Response to the Last Call Leaving Berlin for the Front.
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[Illustration: Louvain Peasant in Flight, Conveying His Sleeping Child and His Possessions on a Wheelbarrow.
[Illustration: "Bridge of the Arches" Over the Meuse at Liége, Blown Up by the Belgians to Hamper the Enemy.
[Illustration: French Artillery Advancing Through Chauconier, Near Meaux, on the Marne. One of the Houses on the Right Is Still Burning as a Result of the Bombardment.
[Illustration: Ruins of the Cathedral at Louvain (to the left) After the German Destruction of the City. In the Background is the Hotel de Ville, Which Was but Slightly Damaged.
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[Illustration: Belgian Soldier Turning Sadly from a Mere Lad Who Had Been Shot in the Fierce Engagement at Huy, and Whose Suffering He Is Unable to Relieve.
[Illustration: Interior of the Famous Library at Louvain.
[Illustration: Cupola of a Maubeuge Fort Shattered by the German 42-Centimeter Siege Gun.
[Illustration: Trenches Dug in Paris in Preparation for Street Fighting.
[Illustration: Battery of Searchlights from the Place de la Concorde Sweeping the Sky Over Paris by Night for German Airships.
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[Illustration: German Soldiers Examining One of the Belgian Army's Concealed Forts Near Brussels.
[Illustration: Sunken Belgian Battery Replying to German Siege Guns Near Antwerp.
[Illustration: Belgian Armored Train in Action During the Attack on Antwerp.
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[Illustration: Belgian Soldier in Armored Car Watching the Bursting of a German Shell at the Attack on Antwerp.
[Illustration: Fort Wavre St. Catherine, One of the Strongest in the Ring Around Antwerp, Crumpled by the German 42-Centimeter Siege Guns.
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[Illustration: Striking Photograph of the Destroyed Shoe-Market Section of Antwerp, Looking Toward the Cathedral.]
[Illustration: Belgian Men, Women, and Children Sleeping on Straw at Rosendaal, Holland.