To the left, caricatures of a fallen King Albert of Belgium, Tsar Nicholas of Russia, President Poincare of France, generic (?) caricatures of an English man and a Japanese soldier, Kings Peter of Serbia, and Nikola of Montenegro engaging in a tug of war, the rope being held on the right by a German (in gray) and an Austro-Hungarian soldier. Between the teams and behind the rope stands the diminutive caped figure of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, all hat, mustache, and chin.

Das Europaische Gleichgewicht 1914



The European Equilibrium, 1914

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Wednesday, August 19, 1914

"Crowds of people are pouring in from the east in all stages of panic, and some small forces of cavalry have also retreated into the city, looking weary and discouraged. There has evidently been a rout. Further than that, we know nothing so far."

Quotation Context

Excerpt from the August 19, 1914 entry in the journal of Hugh Gibson, Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels. After the loss of Liège, a victory of Belgian over German lancers in Haelen, and a damaging engagement at Tirlemont, King Albert, commanding the Belgian Army, retreated to the fortress of Antwerp. The German forces held a victory parade in Brussels the following day.

Source

A Journal from our Legation in Belgium by Hugh Gibson, page 95, copyright © Copyright, 1917, by Doubleday, Page & Company, publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, publication date: 1917

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Belgium