A PATHETIC SCENE IN BELGIUM, PHOTOGRAPHED DURING THE FATEFUL AUGUST OF 1914, WHEN THE GERMANS SET OUT TO DESTROY THE PEACE OF THE WORLD.— Belgian families watching the destruction of their homes. A column of smoke can be seen issuing from the village of Termonde, which was ruthlessly fired by the Germans. Little did this group of homeless Belgians think as they watched with deep emotion the wanton destruction of everything they possessed in the way of worldly goods by a merciless foe that as a result of Germany’s infamous crimes the world was to be plunged into over four years of the most cruel sacrifice, bloodshed, suffering and devastation ever known in history.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1525, 17 July 1919, Page 9

A PATHETIC SCENE IN BELGIUM, PHOTOGRAPHED DURING THE FATEFUL AUGUST OF 1914, WHEN THE GERMANS SET OUT TO DESTROY THE PEACE OF THE WORLD.— Belgian families watching the destruction of their homes. A column of smoke can be seen issuing from the village of Termonde, which was ruthlessly fired by the Germans. Little did this group of homeless Belgians think as they watched with deep emotion the wanton destruction of everything they possessed in the way of worldly goods by a merciless foe that as a result of Germany’s infamous crimes the world was to be plunged into over four years of the most cruel sacrifice, bloodshed, suffering and devastation ever known in history.