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The Belgian Front, August 1914, Cologne, Germany, Luxemburg, Belgium and northern France include the Belgian forts of the Meuse at Liège, Namur, and Dinant, the fortress of Antwerp, and the capital of Brussels. The fortress of Liège (Lüttich) fell on August 16. German troops paraded in Brussels on August 20 as the Belgian Army fell back to Antwerp.
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Westlichen Kriegsschauplatzes
Köln-Lüttich-Brüssel
Maßst[ab]. 1:2000000
Festungen, Forts.; Eisenbahnen
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Logo: LB
Postkarten des westlichen Kriegschauplatzes Nr. 2. Import.

The Belgian Front, August 1914, Cologne, Germany, Luxemburg, Belgium and northern France include the Belgian forts of the Meuse at Liège, Namur, and Dinant, the fortress of Antwerp, and the capital of Brussels. The fortress of Liège (Lüttich) fell on August 16. German troops paraded in Brussels on August 20 as the Belgian Army fell back to Antwerp.

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Westlichen Kriegsschauplatzes

Köln-Lüttich-Brüssel

Maßst[ab]. 1:2000000

Festungen, Forts.; Eisenbahnen

Reverse:

Logo: LB

Postkarten des westlichen Kriegschauplatzes Nr. 2. Import.

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