War correspondent’s view of the Zeppelin attacks on Antwerp & the flight from Louvain. FOREWORD NOTHING is more unwise, on general principles, than to attempt to write about af war before that war is finished and before history has given it the justice of perspective. The campaign which began with the flight of the Belgian Government from Brussels and which culminated in the fall of Antwerp formed, however, a separate and distinct phase of the Greatest of Wars, and I feel that I should write of that campaign while its events are still sharp and clear in my memory and before the impressions it produced have begun to fade. I hope that those in search of a detailed or technical account of the campaign in Flanders will not read this book, because they are certain to be disappointed. It contains nothing about strategy or tactics and few military lessons can be drawn from it* It is merely the story, in simple words, of what I, a professional onlooker, who was accorded rather exceptional facilities for xvii Table of Contents CONTENTS; CHAP; FOREWORD; I THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS; II THE CITY OF GLOOM; III THE DEATH IN THE AIR; IV UNDER THE GERMAN EAGLE V WITH THE SPIKED HELMETS; VI ON THE BELGIAN BATTLE-LINE VII THE COMING OF THE BRITISH VIII THE FALL OF ANTWERP APPENDIX; vii About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books" Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text.