Belgian troops after days of fighting in Belgium during World War I. Two soldiers seated on chairs. The soldiers get their beards shaved. Other soldiers watch them. Buildings in the background.
Belgian troops fight in Ramscapelle, Belgium during World War I. Soldiers fire rifles from a trench in the battlefield. A soldier gets injured. Other soldiers take him out of the trench for first aid.
German invasion of Brussels after the German Empire declared war on Belgium in World War 1. Belgian Army cavalry respond to German attack in Louvain (Leuven). Fallen tree in the middle of a road. German artillery bombing of Louvain (Leuven). Military officials at the observation point as German First Army attacks Louvain. Railway gun aiming. Railway guns firing at Louvain. Explosions in the battlefield. Belgians evacuate from attack by the German First Army. Louvain in ruins. German soldiers marching into Brussels. German soldiers marching at the Grand Place or Grote Markt (Grand Place, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region 1000), the central square of Brussels.
The Imperial German Army (“Deutsches Heer” in German) leaves for Belgium and France after the German Empire declares war on Russia and France in World War 1. A steam locomotive train moves past a forest, moving slowly beside a crowd of Imperial German troops. German troops march out after the train has come to a full stop. German Army officials greet each other. German Kaiser Wilhelm II shakes hands with a high-ranking military official. German military officials inspect infantry. Kaiser Wilhelm II shakes hands firmly with a German military officer after raising his clenched fist in the air.
German soldiers riding bicycles, possibly in Belgium, in World War 1. A German officer blows horn, summoning troops to their places. A general inspects infantry at attention. Soldiers place their rifles at attention. German soldiers, wearing the Pickelhaube helmet, ride bicycles
German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg enters a car to leave for the Reichstag to give speech declaring war, start of WWI. Honor guards assist and salute Chancellor. Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg as he heads for the Reichstag to declare war on Belgium and France. Crowds of Germans salute with their hats. Honor guards on horseback and soldiers marching with flags during a military parade in Berlin. Civilians march along soldiers in parade. People wave good-bye as mobilized German soldiers leave for World War I on the train.