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5 photos and 3 illustrations tagged diest, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.
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- greatwar
- worldwari
- thegreatwar
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- haelen
- libraryofcongress
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German Cavalry equipment left on Belg. [i.e., Belgian] Battle Field (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2011
Barricade on Liege Rd. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2011
Belg.[i.e., Belgium] -- burying horses after battle (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2011
Proving identity -- Near Diest (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2011
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Barricade on Liege Rd. (LOC)
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aware health said:
Wow -- just like the Maginot line. All the enemy had to do was go around it.
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Art Siegel said:
Battle now pinpointed:
Cropped from original Agence Meurisse photo shown at Bibliotheque Nationale de France's Gallica site, with following caption:
"En Belgique : combats de Haelen et de Diest : barrage sur la route de Liège "
[In Belgium: Battle of Haelen and Diest: Barricade on the road to Liège]
Pub. Date 1914 -
aware health said:
Interesting... those are obviously the same shot, yet Bain's has a copyright scrawl on it. I guess attribution was a problem a hundred years ago, too.
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Art Siegel said:
maybe they purchased U.S. rights or something?
Belg.[i.e., Belgium] -- burying horses after battle (LOC)
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Art Siegel said:
Six similar Bain Collection scenes labeled Battle of Haelen: www.flickr.com/search/?ss=2&w=8623220@N02&q=haele...
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Art Siegel said:
Cropped from original Agence Meurisse photo shown at Bibliotheque Nationale de France's Gallica site, with following caption:
"En Belgique : combats de Haelen et de Diest : après la bataille, enlèvement des cadavres de chevaux"
[In Belgium: Battle of Haelen and Diest: After the battle, removal of the dead horses]
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Arden said:
artolog: Thanks for the matching photo from the Gallica site. The title confirms that this is the aftermath of the Battle of Haelen. Good find!
German Cavalry equipment left on Belg. [i.e., Belgian] Battle Field (LOC)
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DarkAngelDay said:
Cool
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yves said:
I want some of those things !
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Art Siegel said:
This is a cropped version of an Agence Meurisse photo on the Gallica site, with the caption En Belgique : combats de Haelen et Diest : équipements de cavalerie allemande pris par les Belges [In Belgium: Battle of Haelen and Diest: German cavalry equipment taken by the Belgians] gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9041343h Publication date 1914
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Anne (LOC P&P) said:
artolog: Thanks for pointing us to the original. We'll include the date and full, translated title next time we update the description.