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Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts
Tuesday, 15 September 2015

The erection of the Lion's mound, 1825. Engraving by Jobard, after Bertrand drawing.

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Panorama of the Lion's hamlet looking toward Mont-Saint-Jean and its farm from the Lion's Mound. Postcard stamped on 14 January 1919 in Waterloo

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Friday, 1 May 2015

12-year-old Belgian boy Albert Dussart wandered alone in the snow as the Germans retreated in 1918, seeking food and shelter with Australian troops, who took him on as their mascot.

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