De val van Antwerpen (october 1914)

The author provides an eyewitness chronicle of a city under siege, opening with the tense final days of peace and abrupt mobilization and moving through civilian anxiety, long bank queues, and tearful farewells. Military events and their human consequences are recounted: fort bombardments, aerial raids, frontline clashes, ambulance work, suicides, and official and clerical responses. The narrative traces escalating destruction across streets and neighborhoods and concludes with the organized mass evacuation and the difficult journey into exile.