DIXMUDE: Sketch of the Bridge-head at kil. 19.500 of Yser river 56
KNOCKE ON SEA: German battery Wilhelm II 17
NIEUPORT: Aerial photo of the Main Redan (August 10^{th} 1918) 18
OUD-STUYVEKENSKERKE: The Tower (November 1914) 28
„ The Tower (February 1917) 28
PERVYSE: The inundation facing the railway station (September
1916) 27
ZEEBRUGGE: Sketch showing the blocking of the harbour 13
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12 propeller got entangled in the propeller got entangled in the
nests of the defences, rendering nets of the defences, rendering
12a It was while these manœuvres It was while these manœuvres
were one, that Lieutenant were on, that Lieutenant
22 fight last the whole night long fight lasted the whole night
and after the most bloody long and after the most bloody
23 English battery composed of two English battery composed of two
9 inches 2, guns. That 9.2 inches, guns. That
26 war guarded by two main guards was guarded by two main guards
i. e. Rijkenhoek and i. e. Rijkenhoek and
30 rendered waterproof by means of rendered waterproof by means of
tared board, while a tarred board, while a
39 But the month of may with its But the month of may with its
had and bloody days the men had hard and bloody days the men had
to content to contend
43 banks, could, mounted on little banks, could, mounted on little
boats birthed at Dixmude boats berthed at Dixmude
60 at Steenstraat; duel of at Steenstraat; duel of
artillery in the region of artillery in the region of
Noordschote Noordschote
69 to give it a field of tire of to give it a field of fire of
157°, the axis of which 157°, the axis of which
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