Title

'Antwerp and its Roots', 1915. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Antwerp and its Roots', 1915. Antwerp was ringed by forts known as the National Redoubt, besieged and captured during the German invasion of Belgium in August 1914. From "The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume I. The First Phase", edited by J. A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1915]

Date

1915

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F29_156

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,3Mb (3,1Mb) / 20,1in x 11,8in / 6032 x 3552 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany city river building fort German country geography Flanders Belgium route defences fortifications fortification Antwerp Belgian military war location century diagram invasion first world war wartime concept B&W SURROUNDED album World War I WWI black & white black and white World War One 1910s 20th century siege historic The Print Collector 1st World War geographical feature Siege of Antwerp TGN Vlaanderen WW1 map Unknown River Scheldt Scheldt JA Hammerton J A Hammerton Hammerton Ja Sir John Alexander Hammerton Sir John Hammerton John Hammerton Sir John Alexander J A Amalgamated Press Ltd Amalgamated Press Limited Amalgamated Press The Amalgamated Press The War Illustrated First Phase map