Title

'The Belgian Court', 1915. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'The Belgian Court', 1915. In November 1914, the British declared the entire North Sea a war zone and from then it was mined, the North Sea and English Channel were controlled by the Royal Navy for the duration of the war. 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_164

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,2Mb (4,0Mb) / 18,6in x 13,0in / 5592 x 3889 (300dpi)

Keywords

sea England strategy British geography Belgium territorial strait defense military war century Dover Kent mines mine Britain strategic diagram first world war wartime TERRITORY concept channel defensive B&W English Channel album World War I WWI black & white black and white World War One 1910s 20th century The Print Collector 1st World War geographical feature TGN WW1 map Unknown JA Hammerton J A Hammerton Hammerton Ja Sir John Alexander Hammerton Sir John Hammerton John Hammerton Strait of Dover minefield Sir John Alexander J A Amalgamated Press Ltd Amalgamated Press Limited Amalgamated Press The Amalgamated Press The War Illustrated First Phase map