2-752-993 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The North Sea and The Baltic Sea', 1915. The Netherlands remained neutral during World War I but following the Race to the Sea, both sides dug fortified trenches, stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France. From "The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume I. The First Phase", edited by J. A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1915]