Reading from left to right: a Belgian Staff Officer, Colonel Fairholme, Colonel DuCane and Captain Ferguson 140 List of the civilians killed by the Germans at Tamines on August 20, 1914 141 Entrance to the Rue de Diest, Louvain 156 The dead and the living. A Belgian civilian and a German soldier 157 Pass issued by Field-Marshal von der Goltz (_in text_) 200 A street in Louvain 202 Fixing on the white Flag for the dash between the lines 202 Refugees from the villages near the Antwerp forts 203 Arrival in Antwerp of refugees from Malines 203 At Malines--a good background for a photograph to send home to Germany 218 His Eminence, Cardinal Mercier 219 Fire at Namur during the bombardment 254 Effect of big German shell on Fort of Waehlem 255 Outside view of the Fort of Waehlem after bombardment 255 View of the Meuse at Huy 262 Refugees fleeing toward Dunkirk before the German advance 263 Graves of civilians shot by the Germans 266 A typical proclamation 266 Views of the Fort of Waehlem after its bombardment 267 Herbert C. Hoover 282 French Howitzer near H---- 283 German camp kitchen 283 Von Bulow's greeting to the people of Liege (_in text_) 324 How the simple pleasures of the German soldiers were restricted (_in text_) 324 Aux habitants de la Belgique (_in text_) 328 Appeal of the Queen of the Belgians for help from America (_in text_) 338 Julius Van Hee, American Vice-Counsel at Ghent 340 Lewis Richards 340 A Brussels soup-kitchen run by volunteers 341 Meals served to the children in the schools 341 German proclamation announcing the execution of Miss Cavell (_in text_) 349 Miss Edith Cavell 356 Fly-leaf of Miss Cavell's prayer book 357 Notes in Miss Cavell's prayer book 360, 361 INTRODUCTION