Town of Liege, 1914
Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1914.
The Belgian town of Liege was defended by 12 forts and was attacked by the Germans on 5 August 1914 in what was the first major battle of the war. Each of the forts was reduced by heavy calibre siege howitzers. The town itself was secured by 16 August.
From a box of 70 lantern slides.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1978-11-157-19-9
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-19-9