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.
Westlichen KriegsschauplatzesKöln-Lüttich-BrüsselMaßst[ab]. 1:2000000Festungen, Forts.; EisenbahnenReverse:Logo: LBPostkarten des westlichen Kriegschauplatzes Nr. 2. Import.
"Brussels, December 31, 1914 — Here is the end of the vile old year. We could see it out with rejoicing, if there were any prospect of 1915 bringing us anything better. But it doesn't look very bright for Belgium."
The December 31, 1914 entry from the journal of Hugh Gibson, Secretary to the American Legation in Brussels, Belgium.
A Journal from our Legation in Belgium by Hugh Gibson, page 344, copyright © Copyright, 1917, by Doubleday, Page & Company, publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, publication date: 1917
1914-12-31, 1914, December, New Year's Eve, New Year's
