2-752-309 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Bomb damage in Antwerp, Belgium, First World War, 1914, (c1920). 'In the Early Days of the Zeppelin Raids: house wrecked by a bomb at Antwerp, 100 yards from [Belgian] King Albert's residence'. On the night of 24-25 August 1914, German Zeppelin Z IX bombed the port city of Antwerp, dropping bombs near the royal palace and killing five people. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume IX, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]