The De Broqueville government in Sainte-Adresse refers to two successive Belgian governments, led by Charles de Broqueville, which served as governments in exile during the German occupation of Belgiu
The Immeuble Dufayel in Sainte-Adresse where the government sat between 1914 and 1918.
2014 October, centenary in Le Havre - Sainte-Adresse.
Immeuble Dufayel in 2025
Yser Front
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The Yser Front, sometimes termed the West Flemish Front in British writing, was a section of the Western Front during World War I held by Belgian troops from October 1914 until 1918. The front ran alo
Belgian government at Sainte-Adresse
…under German occupation. The only portion of Belgium that remained controlled by the Kingdom of Belgium in exile was the strip of territory behind the Yser Front. In October 1914, the government moved to the French coastal city of Le Havre. It was established in the large Immeuble Dufayel ("Dufayel Building…
Depiction of the Yser Front by the Belgian artist Georges-Émile Lebacq (1917)
Machine gunner and rifleman in firing position in a Belgian trench on the Yser front.
Bomb launcher in action at post N°4 in Diksmuide.
Battlefront in Flanders in 1914