Michelin Guide - The Yser and the Belgian Coast
by Pneu Michelin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Pneu Michelin (Firm)
- Title
- The Yser and the Belgian Coast: An Illustrated History and Guide
- Credits
- Produced by Richard Tonsing, Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)
- Subject
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields -- Guidebooks
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49072
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49072
- Release Date
- May 29, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Untitled
- 3.THE YSER AND THE BELGIAN COAST
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.THE BATTLE OF THE YSER. — The Race to the Sea. — The fall of Antwerp and the Belgian retreat. — The Battlefield. — The Opposing Forces.
- 6.The fighting in the advance-positions. — The Battle on the Main Line of Defence. — The Attack on Dixmude and Nieuport. — The Breach in the Centre of the Line. — The Inundations. — The fall of Dixmude. — THE PERIOD OF STATIONARY WARFARE. — THE VICTORY OFFENSIVE.
- 7.A Visit to the Battlefield of the YSER AND THE BELGIAN COAST.
- 8.DUNKIRK. — Origin and Chief Historical Events. — A Visit to Dunkirk. — The port of Dunkirk.
- 9.FURNES — From Furnes to Nieuport.
- 10.NIEUPORT. — From Nieuport to Ostend.
- 11.OSTEND. — A VISIT TO OSTEND. — The Chalet Royal. — The Sea Wall. — The Sands. — The Kursaal. — Leopold Park. — The Tirpitz Battery. — The port of Ostend. — Second Day Ostend Zeebrugge Bruges — The Blocking of Ostend Port.
- 12.ZEEBRUGGE.
- 13.BRUGES. — Origin and Chief Historical Events. — Third Day. A VISIT TO BRUGES. — FIRST EXCURSION. The Grand'Place. — The Halles and Belfry. — The Hôtel du Gouvernement Provincial. — The Prévôté. — The Hôtel-de-Ville. — The Chapel of Saint-Sang. — The "Greffe". — The Palais-de-Justice and Palais-du-Franc. — The Hôtel Gruuthuuse. — Notre-Dame Church. — The Cathedral of St. Saviour. — The St. John Hospital. — The Béguinage Convent and the Minnewater — The Musée de Peinture. — The Porte de Gand. — Second Excursion. — La Poterie. — The Séminaire. — The Church of St. Jacques. — Fourth Day. FROM BRUGES TO POPERINGHE, NEAR YPRES.
- 14.DIXMUDE. — The Defence and Capture of Dixmude. — The Capture of Dixmude.
- 15.ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE PLACES MENTIONED IN THIS GUIDE
- 16.Transcriber's Notes:
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