- 'La Grande Guerre'
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Siege of Antwerp from a Belgian History Magazine
several full pages from 'La
Grande Guerre'
- A very inexpensive, if not to say cheap magazine, 'La
Grande Guerre' was a 2000 page long, ultra-patriotic
account of the Great War
- as seen through Belgian eyes. At times it appeared as if
the printing were done by mimeograph machine rather than
on a printing press. The issues contained a large amount
of illustrative material, most of it atrociously printed.
It appears as if this publication was hurriedly put to
press almost immdiately after the Armistice, while public
interest in the war was still great, especially in
recently liberated Belgium, which had previously had to
make do with magazines published under German censorship.
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- 'La Grande Guerre' was advertised as being the only
Belgian serial history publication on the Great War. For
all its otherwise unavoidable qualitative faults due to
immediate post-war shortages, it was a profusely
illustrated publication, containing a wealth of otherwise
difficult to find photos and illustrations regarding the
war in Belgium. This was certainly so in regards to the
events during the siege of Antwerp. Usually quickly
glossed over in post-war publications, in 'la Grande
Guerre' a very detailed and well illustrated account can
be found of the situation and the fighting around Antwerp
from August to October 1914.
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- Since most of the illustrations in 'la Grande Guerre'
were rather small-sized, a number of full page scans are
reproduced above to give a general idea of their
appearance, while the following links will contain
enlargments of the photographs only.
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Photographs