The German occupation of Lille

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Reference
- GB 1239 808/39
Dates of Creation
- 1914-1918
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 document

Scope and Content

The occupation of Lille by the Germans was accompanied by a great spectacular display, the streets were festooned with flags and garlands as for a fête. The Crown Prince of Bavaria, the central mounted figure, headed a great military procession of triumph.

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First World War photos and pamphlets808

The truth about German atrocities, 1915808/1

Types of the Russian cavalry808/2

The nose of a huge bombing aeroplane808/3

Telephone lorry exchange808/4

Visé in the hands of the Germans808/5

Machine gunners in action808/6

The British expeditionary force in Boulogne808/7

The Serbian army general staff on their retreat through Albania808/8

A street in Lille808/9

The destruction of a Polish village808/10

The Turkish defeat on the Suez Canal808/11

Kiel harbour808/12

Fighting for the lost province of Alsace808/13

Watching the battle in France808/14

At the bottom of the sea808/15

An infantry attack on the Somme808/16

The taking of Landrecies808/17

French field-service kitchen behind the firing line808/18

Trench warfare in the Argonne808/19

The return of the Dove to the Ark808/20

How the wounded were conveyed to the hospital ships808/21

German prisoners in Warsaw808/22

Victor and vanquished: the conquest of German South-West Africa808/23

The great Serbian retreat808/24

The supremacy of the seas808/25

The terrible retreat from Serbia808/26

A British super-submarine808/27

Torpedo entering the water808/28

A Belgian outpost808/29

A landship bringing in under camouflage a 5.9 German naval gun808/30

Krupp’s808/31

H. M. auxiliary cruiser ‘Coronado’ camouflaged808/32

An incident in the retreat from Mons808/33

The effect of British shell fire808/34

On the way to the trenches808/35

Royal field artillery kite balloons were the eyes of our guns in France808/36

An airship escorting a convoy808/37

Our transport passing through Malmedy808/38

The German occupation of Lille808/39

German prisoners entering the cages808/40

A small motor tractor getting a R.A.F. bombing machine into position808/41

Departure of the Victorian (B.C.) contingent808/42

The 18th Hussars guarding a bridge on the Rhine at Cologne808/43

Captured German trenches at Les Eparges808/44

A village on the Western Front808/45

The village of --------808/46

Transport difficulties at the Front808/47

One night’s rations for a bombing squad808/48

The pirate’s work: steamer breaking up808/49

The German ‘flammenwerfer’808/50

Red Cross train808/51

One of our observation balloons808/52

British army carrier pigeons in France: horse-drawn lofts808/53

Conveying motor transport across the Mbaka River808/54

Hostile aircraft sighted808/55

British dummy gun in field to attract the fire of the Germans808/56

Machine gun mounted on wheel808/57

British army carrier pigeons in France808/58

The blocking of Zeebrugge harbour808/59

French troops crossing a river808/60

A park of British tanks808/61

An infantry attack across ‘no man’s land’808/62

The battle of the rivers808/63

A heroic deed of the Royal Horse Artillery near Compiègne808/64

The offensive on the Cambrai front808/65

The offensive on the Cambrai front: a curious incident of the battle808/66

The ‘scrap of paper’808/67

The German Emperor808/68

Portraits of German generals808/69

The King’s African Rifles crossing the Ruwu River808/70

Wind and weather reports for the British army808/71

On the trail of the submarine808/72

How the weather hindered the advance808/73

Landing of the British troops at Salonika808/74

The damage done to Cambrai Cathedral808/75

Awaiting the attack808/76

Our supremacy of the air808/77

A captured German trench808/78

Consolidating a captured position808/79

The Italian army on the march808/80

War among the eternal snows808/81