Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jeroen van Luin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Transcriber's note: This document contains several illustrations of letters and posters. Where possible, the text on these illustrations has been included in the description of the illustration.] [Illustration: His Majesty, Albert, King of the Belgians _Photograph by Boute, Brussels_] A JOURNAL FROM OUR LEGATION IN BELGIUM BY HUGH GIBSON SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN LEGATION IN BRUSSELS ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS _Copyright, 1917, by_ DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian._ TO MY MOTHER LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS His Majesty, Albert, King of the Belgians _Front_ FACING PAGE Facsimile of the first page of the German ultimatum to Belgium (_in the text_) 16 Pass issued by the Belgian military authorities to enable Mr. Gibson to enter the German Legation at Brussels 16 Maitre Gaston de Leval, legal adviser to the American Legation in Brussels 17 Her Majesty, Elizabeth, Queen of the Belgians 32 Mr. Brand Whitlock, American Minister to Belgium 33 German supply train entering Brussels 96 German infantry entering Brussels 97 German officers and soldiers were always ready to oblige by posing for the camera 112 "Mit Gott fuer Kaiser und Reich" 112 Count Guy d'Oultremont 113 From left to right: Colonel DuCane, Captain Ferguson and Colonel Fairholme 113 Pass issued by General von Jarotzky (_in text_) 116 Letter signed by Burgomaster Max requesting the Belgian authorities to allow Mr. Gibson to pass (_in text_) 128 Boy Scouts at Belgian headquarters 140