Color postcard map of Belgium, its provinces, railroad lines (?), major towns and cities, and North Sea coast and borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxemburg, and France. Insets show City Hall in the capital of Brussels, a view from the water of the port of Antwerp, and the Remy factory.

Text in French and Dutch:

"Il n'est pas de meilleur Amidon que l'Amidon REMY, Fabrique de Riz Pur."

and

"Er bestaat geenen beteren Stijfsel dan den Stijfsel REMY, Vervaardigd met Zuiveren Rijst."

(There is no better starch than Remy Starch, made of pure rice.)

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In Brussels, capital of Belgium, news from the outside world was limited in August, 1914. The delegations of neutral Spain and the United States assisted Germans in getting trains north to neutral Netherlands. On August 10, a German plane flew over the city pursued by a Belgian one. Reports reached the city of battles between German and Belgian forces at Haelen and Tirlemont. French, British, and other delegations left the city. The government had already followed King Albert to his headquarters at Louvain, and continued on to Antwerp. The night of August 19, weary Belgian soldiers passed through the city. The next day German troops triumphantly entered Brussels.

On September 16, Baron von Luttwitz, General and Governor, told citizens to take down their Belgian flags, 'regarded as a provocation by the German troops '. On the 19th, Burgomaster Max asked the citizens to 'provisionally accept,' language that led to his arrest.

That same day, Hugh Gibson, Secretary to the American Legation in Brussels recorded that 'the food supply in the country is being rapidly exhausted,' and sought ways to relieve the situation. The American and Spanish Ambassadors in London and Berlin and the countries' Ministers in Brussels collaborated to provide food through the American Relief Committee under future US President Herbert Hoover.

The English nurse, Edith Cavell, who had helped French and British soldiers and Belgian men escape from occupied Belgium to Netherlands, was executed in Brussels on October 12, 1915.

On February 18, 1918, Belgian aviator and future ace Willy Coppens overflew the occupied city, above the royal palace and low enough over his house to recognize his parents, low enough to not draw any fire during his flight.

Brussels was still behind the German line when the armistice took affect on November 11, 1918.

Brussels is a city in Belgium.

Statistics for Brussels (1)

Type	Statistic
Population	177,078

Some books about Brussels (1)

Title	Author Last Name	Author First Name
A Journal from our Legation in Belgium	Gibson	Hugh