'la Vie Universelle'

a General Knowledge Publication

left : coverpage showing French cuirassiers fishing in Flanders

right : Turkish soldiers

left : Belgian soldiers shooting at German aeroplanes

right : the Belgian army retreating through Ostend in October 1914

German troops in the trenches around Antwerp in 1914

Russians transporting wounded by sleigh

Published under German censorship, 'la Vie Universelle' was a general knowledge publication, purporting to pblish articles on general news events, science and technology, arts, literature and sports. Like many publications of that time, in many issues the progress of the war was deemed the more important subject matter.

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