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  • Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime.
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    Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime.
    Remembrance Day or Poppy Day has been observed since the end of the First World War to remember armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. In most countries, Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of First World War hostilities.
    Pictured: Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. John McCrae Site, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. February 2014
    Next to Essex Farm CWGC Cemetery to the north of Ypres is the John McCrae Site. Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian Poet, Artist, Physician and Soldier wrote 'In Flanders Fields the Poppies Blow....' here in 1915 while working as a surgeon during the second battle of Ypres in the advanced dressing station here alongside the Yser Canal to the north of Ypres in Flanders, Belgium. These dugouts relaced the original earth dugouts in 1916 ( where he wrote his famous poem ) and have been preserved as a memorial to McCrae. The poem 'In Flanders Fieklds....' is on a bronze memorial stone nearby. McCrae died in 1918 and is buried in Wimereaux Cemetery at Boulogne, Pas de Calais in France.
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  • Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime.
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    Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime.
    Remembrance Day or Poppy Day has been observed since the end of the First World War to remember armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. In most countries, Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of First World War hostilities.
    Pictured: MENIN GATE MEMORIAL - 75TH ANNIVESARY CEREMONY, YPRES, BELGIUM. 24TH JULY 2002.

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  • 100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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    100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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    Catherine Duchess of Cambridge and Queen Mathilde attend the Last Post ceremony at Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium.
    100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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  • 100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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    100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge
    100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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  • 100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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    100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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    Catherine Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William arrive at Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium to attend a ceremony marking the centenary of the battle of Passchendaele
    100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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  • FEATURE - Die Bilder der Woche
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge watch as the poppies fall from the roof of the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium for the official commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele.
    100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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  • 100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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    100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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    Catherine Duchess of Cambridge and Prime Minister Theresa May during the official commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium.
    100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 30 Jul 2017
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  • FEATURE - Die Bilder der Woche
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    FEATURE - Die Bilder der Woche
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    British Armed Forces
    100th Anniversary of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium - 27 Jul 2017
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  • Anniversary Of The Flooding Of The Yser Plain
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    Anniversary Of The Flooding Of The Yser Plain
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    Menin gate - Ceremonies of remembrance to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the flooding of the Yser plain during the First World War
    Pix.... Grand Duke Henri of Luxemburg , Queen Mathilde , King Philippe , Princess Beatrix
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  • The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
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    The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
    Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Hill 60, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. February 2014. Hill 60 ( 60 metres above sea level ) is basically a mass grave, the trenches of WW1 were filled with the remains of the dead and covered after WW1. Hill 60, just south of Ypres in Belgium, is a preserved memorial landscape, battle scared with shell holes and exploded mine craters. Seen here: A metal piece of German fortification lies in a mine crater. The site is popular with visitors and school parties who often start their tour of the battlefields here.Caption information from Wikipedia:.The Battle of Hill 60 (17 April ¿ 7 May 1915) took place in Flanders, south of Ypres on the Western Front, during the First World War. Hill 60 was captured by the German 30th Division, on 11 November 1914 during the First Battle of Ypres (19 October ¿ 22 November 1914). The ground south of Zillebeke rises for 2,000 yards (1,800 m) to a ridge between Zwarteleen and Zandvoorde. Roads ran north-west to south-east through the area from Ypres to Verbrandenmoelen and Hollebeke and from Zillebeke to Zwartelen and Zandvoorde. The Ypres¿Comines railway ran roughly parallel to the roads from Ypres and 600 yards (550 m) from Zillebeke, went through a cutting 15¿20 feet (4.6¿6.1 m) deep, which extended beyond the crest of the ridge. Earth excavated when the railway was built, had been dumped on either side to form small hillocks. Two were on the west side, a long irregular mound atop the ridge called "The Caterpillar" and a smaller mound 300 yards (270 m) down the slope towards Zillebeke, known as "The Dump". On the east side of the cutting on the highest point of the ridge, was a third mound known as "Hill 60", from which observers had excellent observation of the ground around Zillebeke and Ypres.French preparations to raid the hill were continued by the British 28th Division, which took over the line in February 1915 and then by the 5th Division. The planned raid was expanded.

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  • The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
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    The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
    Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Hill 62, Sanctuary Wood Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. February 2014.The Sanctuary Wood Museum on Hill 62 ( 62 metres above sea level ), 3 km east of Ypres, Belgium is located near the Canadian Hill 62 Memorial and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery. The museum is privately owned by Jacques Schier, the grandson of the farmer who founded the museum and owned the site of the museum since before World War I. The wood behind the museum has a preserved set of WW1 trenches and shell holes as well as piles of used shells and barbed wire from WW1.

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  • The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
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    The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
    Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Langhof Farm British shelter,Ypres-Ieper, Belgium. February 2014. The seven remaining shelters are on the island site of the old chateau and are used by the farmer to house his animals. The site is is near Bedford House CWGC Cemetery on the road south from Ypres towards the Messines Ridge.

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  • The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
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    The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
    Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Hill 62, Sanctuary Wood Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. February 2014.The Sanctuary Wood Museum on Hill 62 ( 62 metres above sea level ), 3 km east of Ypres, Belgium is located near the Canadian Hill 62 Memorial and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery. The museum is privately owned by Jacques Schier, the grandson of the farmer who founded the museum and owned the site of the museum since before World War I. The wood behind the museum has a preserved set of WW1 trenches and shell holes as well as piles of used shells and barbed wire from WW1.

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  • The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
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    The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
    Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Unexploded WW1 Shells at Two Mine Craters, Kruisstraat, Flanders, Belgium. February 2014. The Iron Harvest. Unexploded WW1 ordnance waiting to be collected by Belgian Bomb disposal team from Belgian Army in Mine Crater country to the south of Ypres. Hundreds of shells are unearthed each year on the battlefields of Flanders and across northern France.
    The iron harvest is the annual "harvest" of unexploded ordnance, barbed wire, shrapnel, bullets and congruent trench supports collected by Belgian and French farmers after ploughing their fields. The harvest generally applies to the material from World War I, which is still found in large quantities across the former Western Front.During World War I an estimated one tonne of explosives was fired for every square metre of territory on the Western front. As many as one in every three shells fired did not detonate.In the Ypres Salient, an estimated 300 million projectiles that the British and the Germans forces fired at each other during World War I were duds, and most of them have not been recovered] In 2013, 160 tonnes of munitions, from bullets to 15 inch naval gun shells, were unearthed from the areas around Ypres.[4].Unexploded weapons - in the form of shells, bullets and grenades - buried themselves on impact or were otherwise quickly swallowed in the mud. As time passes, construction work, field ploughing and natural processes bring the rusting shells to the surface. Most of the iron harvest is found during the spring planting and autumn ploughing as the region of northern France and Flanders are rich agricultural areas.Farmers will collect the munitions and place them along the boundaries of fields or other collection points for authorities.Despite the condition of the shells, they remain very dangerous. The French Département du Déminage (Department of Mine Clearance) recovers about 900 tons of unexploded munitions every year.

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  • The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
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    The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
    Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Langemark German Cemetery, Langemark,Ypres_Ieper, Belgium. February 2014
    The German Cemetery at Langemark, names of the young students and schoolboys carved into the wooden walls of the entrance to the cemetery. The German war cemetery of Langemark (formerly spelt 'Langemarck') is near the village of Langemark, part of the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle, in the Belgian province of West Flanders. More than 44,000 soldiers are buried here. The village was the scene of the first gas attacks by the German army, marking the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915.During the First Battle of Ypres (1914) in World War I, inexperienced German infantry suffered severe casualties when they made a futile frontal attack on allied positions near Langemark and were checked by experienced French infantry and British riflemen. Contrary to popular myth, only fifteen percent of the German soldiers involved in the Battle of Langemark were schoolboys and students. Legend has it that the German infantry sang the first stanza of what later (1919) became their national anthem "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles", as they charged.The cemetery, which evolved from a small group of graves from 1915, has seen numerous changes and extensions. It was dedicated in 1932. Today, visitors find a mass grave near the entrance. This comrades' grave contains 24,917 servicemen, including the Ace Werner Voss.Between the oak trees, next to this mass grave, are another 10,143 soldiers (including 2 British soldiers killed in 1918). The 3,000 school students who were killed during the First Battle of Ypres are buried in a third part of the cemetery. At the rear of the cemetery is a sculpture of four mourning figures by Professor Emil Krieger. The group was added in 1956, and is said to stand guard over the fallen. The cemetery is maintained by the German War Graves Commission, the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge.

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  • The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
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    The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
    Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Langemark German Cemetery, Langemark,Ypres - Ieper, Belgium. February 2014
    The German Cemetery at Langemark, sculpture of four mourning figures by Professor Emil Krieger. The German war cemetery of Langemark (formerly spelt 'Langemarck') is near the village of Langemark, part of the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle, in the Belgian province of West Flanders. More than 44,000 soldiers are buried here. The village was the scene of the first gas attacks by the German army, marking the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915.During the First Battle of Ypres (1914) in World War I, inexperienced German infantry suffered severe casualties when they made a futile frontal attack on allied positions near Langemark and were checked by experienced French infantry and British riflemen. Contrary to popular myth, only fifteen percent of the German soldiers involved in the Battle of Langemark were schoolboys and students. Legend has it that the German infantry sang the first stanza of what later (1919) became their national anthem "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles", as they charged.The cemetery, which evolved from a small group of graves from 1915, has seen numerous changes and extensions. It was dedicated in 1932. Today, visitors find a mass grave near the entrance. This comrades' grave contains 24,917 servicemen, including the Ace Werner Voss. Between the oak trees, next to this mass grave, are another 10,143 soldiers (including 2 British soldiers killed in 1918). The 3,000 school students who were killed during the First Battle of Ypres are buried in a third part of the cemetery. At the rear of the cemetery is a sculpture of four mourning figures by Professor Emil Krieger. The group was added in 1956, and is said to stand guard over the fallen. The cemetery is maintained by the German War Graves Commission, the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge.
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  • Ceremony of the Sacred Soil, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium - 11 Nov 2013
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    Ceremony of the Sacred Soil, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium - 11 Nov 2013
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    Ceremony of the Sacred Soil, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium - 11 Nov 2013

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  • Ceremony of the Sacred Soil, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium - 11 Nov 2013
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    Ceremony of the Sacred Soil, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium - 11 Nov 2013
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    Prince Philip
    Ceremony of the Sacred Soil, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium - 11 Nov 2013

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  • Ceremony of the Sacred Soil, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium - 11 Nov 2013
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    Ceremony of the Sacred Soil, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium - 11 Nov 2013
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    Prince Philip
    Ceremony of the Sacred Soil, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium - 11 Nov 2013

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  • Ceremony of the Sacred Soil, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium - 11 Nov 2013
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    Ceremony of the Sacred Soil, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium - 11 Nov 2013
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    Prince Philip
    Ceremony of the Sacred Soil, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium - 11 Nov 2013

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  • Duke of Edinburgh at the Menin gate
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    Duke of Edinburgh at the Menin gate
    11/11/2013 - Ypres, , Belgium : The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Laurent of Belgium lay wreaths at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium, at a ceremony on Armistice Day to mark the gathering of soil for the Flanders Fields Memorial Garden at the Guards Museum in London, Monday, 11th November 2013. (Stephen Lock / i-Images / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Duke of Edinburgh at the Menin gate
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    Duke of Edinburgh at the Menin gate
    11/11/2013 - Ypres, , Belgium : The Duke of Edinburgh at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium, at a ceremony on Armistice Day to mark the gathering of soil for the Flanders Fields Memorial Garden at the Guards Museum in London, Monday, 11th November 2013. (Stephen Lock / i-Images / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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    Pic: Mike St Maur Shiel/BNPS

    British photographer Michael St Maur Shiel has spent the last few years taking poignant and evocative pictures of some of the most notorious battlefields of WW1 as they are today, nearly 100 years after the Great war. The pictures show beautiful landscapes that still show the scars of the conflict in which 10 million soldiers died.

    Still bleak Passchendaele.

    Looking south over Hanebeek from German positions.
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  • African Owl attacks a duck, Ypres, Belgium - 09 Aug 2011
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    African Owl attacks a duck, Ypres, Belgium - 09 Aug 2011
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    Owl Be Having You!
    This owl turned violent when a stray duck wandered into its flight path - and chased it aggressively back to its pond.

    A falconer released the African Oehoe Owl during an early morning training session but it encountered the duck during its flight.

    Photographer Devid Camerlynck, 37, was shocked to see the owl chase the duck back to a nearby pond where it hit it into the water, in Ypres, Belgium.

    He said: "I was photographing some falconers training their owls, falcons and buzzards for an upcoming show.

    "There were some ducks in a pond nearby minding their own business but one took off suddenly.

    "I don't think the owl liked the duck using his 'airspace' so he smacked it back down into the water.

    "He was not attacking the duck as prey because it was too big. It was more a case of the owl showing his superiority."

    Devid, from Belgium, added: "The duck wasn't killed or badly wounded - it swam away with the other ducks and the owl returned to the falconer."

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  • African Owl attacks a duck, Ypres, Belgium - 09 Aug 2011
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    African Owl attacks a duck, Ypres, Belgium - 09 Aug 2011
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    African Owl attacks a duck, Ypres, Belgium - 09 Aug 2011
    This owl turned violent when a stray duck wandered into its flight path - and chased it aggressively back to its pond. A falconer released the African Oehoe Owl during an early morning training session but it encountered the duck during its flight. Photographer Devid Camerlynck, 37, was shocked to see the owl chase the duck back to a nearby pond where it hit it into the water, in Ypres, Belgium. He said: "I was photographing some falconers training their owls, falcons and buzzards for an upcoming show. "There were some ducks in a pond nearby minding their own business but one took off suddenly. "I don't think the owl liked the duck using his 'airspace' so he smacked it back down into the water. "He was not attacking the duck as prey because it was too big. It was more a case of the owl showing his superiority." Full story: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/cqmk
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    Boys and Girls from Bermondsey City Academy travel to the Battlefields of Ypres and the Somme and visit the graves of men from the 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion who fought as part of the East Surrey Regiment and were buried at Bulls Road Cemetery near Flers
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    An act of rememberance by the students over the graves of men from the12th (Bermondsey) Battalion who fought as part of the East Surrey Regiment and were buried at Bulls Road Cemetery near Flers
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    Boys and Girls from Bermondsey City Academy travel to the Battlefields of Ypres and the Somme and visit the graves of men from the 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion who fought as part of the East Surrey Regiment and were buried at Bulls Road Cemetery near Flers
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    An act of rememberance by the students over the graves of men from the12th (Bermondsey) Battalion who fought as part of the East Surrey Regiment and were buried at Bulls Road Cemetery near Flers
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  • Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime.
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    Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime.
    Remembrance Day or Poppy Day has been observed since the end of the First World War to remember armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. In most countries, Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of First World War hostilities.
    Pictured: BELGIUM. YPRES, IPER, THE SALIENT, FLANDERS. A CROSS OF REMEMBRANCE PLACED ON THE GERMAN BLOCKHOUSE AT HILL 60.
    2007

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  • Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime.
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    Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime.
    Remembrance Day or Poppy Day has been observed since the end of the First World War to remember armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. In most countries, Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of First World War hostilities.
    Pictured: BELGIUM. YPRES, IPER, THE SALIENT, FLANDERS. A CROSS OF REMEMBRANCE PLACED ON REMAINS OF TREE STUMP AT HILL 62.
    2007

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  • Bombardment at Ypres
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    Bombardment at Ypres
    Bombardment at Ypres - 5/7/15 - In the spring of 1915, an intensive German bombardment was started up on the town. This was carried out by long range, heavy German artillery, which included a huge 42cm howitzer. This gun was nicknamed 'Dicke Bertha' (big Bertha) by the German Army and consequently became known as 'Big Bertha' to the British Army. This bombardment was the prelude to the launch of a German gas attack on the Allied front line in the Ypres Salient on 22nd April 1915. It was the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres and the beginning of the total destruction of a beautiful Flemish city. - Belgium / Colour 35mm Transparency, Belgien
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  • History
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    History
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    Australian infantry, small box respirators at The First World war Battle of Ypres 1916
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    Battle at Ypres WWI Canadians v Germans - Ypres, a medieval town in Belgium, was taken by the German Army at the beginning of the war. However, by early October, 1914, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was able to recapture the town. The first major German attempt to regain Ypres took place on 15th October. Experienced BEF riflemen held their positions but suffered heavy losses. German attacks took place for the next four weeks but with the arrival of the French Army the line was held. With the weather deteriorating, the Germans decided to abandon the Ypres offensive on the 22nd November. It is estimated that about 135,000 Germans were killed or badly wounded during the offensive. The BEF lost around 75,000 men and was effectively destroyed as a professional army. There were two more major battles at Ypres: 2nd Battle of Ypres (April-May, 1915) and Passchendaele (July-October, 1917). The Second Battle of Ypres, as it is known in British military history, encompassed four battles in the northern sector of the Ypres Salient. The first of these began on 22 April 1915 as a surprise attack by the German 4th Army on the Allied front line. This attack witnessed the first use of a new German weapon on the Western Front: poisonous gas. Its deadly effect was carried on a gentle breeze towards French troops and as a result of its devastating effect on the French the German infantry made a significant advance into Allied territory. During the next four weeks the Allied Forces of Belgium, France and Britain fought to hold off the successful German advance and to regain the ground that had been lost north of Ypres. The fourth battle ended on 25 May 1915.
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