Belgium / by H.C. Darby [and others].

  • Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division.
Date:
1944
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Belgium / by H.C. Darby [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Kempenaar, 513 Kempen C., see Escaut-Meuse Junc- tion C. Kempen coalfield, 283, 292 (fig.), 296 (fig.), 298-9, 302 (plate), 453, 554, 597, 598; and waterways, 504, 509, 530 Kempen Dock (Antwerpen), 424, 433 Kempen fan, 19, 20 (fig,) Kempenland, agriculture, 237-8, 243; drainage, 19, 22; foreign workers, 225 (fig.); forests, 255, 257, 258, 259; frost, 42 (fig.); geology, 2, 4, 5, 7, 14, 18 (plate), 256; industries, 283, 295, 296 (fig.), 311, 315, 316-17, 325, 326, 332, 333; plateau, 515, 534-5; popu- lation, 198, 201 (fig.), 220, 222 (fig.); railways, 499; rainfall, 50; roads, 469, 470 (fig.); waterways, 515, 530-5 Kendall, H. M., 199 Kerosine, imports of, 362 Kessel-Loo, suburb of Mechelen, 600 Kiel station (Antwerpen), 454, 486 Kieldrecht, 269 Kiewit airport, 584 Kindergarten schools, 68-71 Kinkempois marshalling yard (Liége), 605 Klein-Willebroek, 522 Knocke-sur-Mer, see Knokke-aan-Zee Knokke-aan-Zee, airport, 581, 583; communications, 36, 37; dunes, 35 Koekelberg, 217, 587, 589 Koksijde, 34, 37, 262-4 Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappiy, 580, 581, 582 (fig.) Kortrijk, battle of (1302), 87; and flax- growing, 237; and gas grid, 306; general features, 599; history, 107, 278, 599-600; industries, 292, 320, 333, 334-40 passim, 342, 600; popu- lation, 194, 210, 211, 219; railways, 483, 600; roads, 600; signal com- munications, 579 Koudenberg, castle, 586 Kouwenstein dyke, 430 Kruisschans Lock, 422, 421 (plate), 423, 433 Kuhlmann, S.A. Etablissements, (plate), 326, 420 Kulturkampf, 64. Kwaadmechelen, 295, 533 Kwint Bank, 392 393 Laatste Nieuws, Het, 74 Laboratories, public health, 163, 165 Labour councils, 120 Labour, Ministry of, 148, 163, 226, 373 Labour organization, 76-8 Labour Party, see Socialist Party Labour, requisition of (1914-18), 541-2 Labour, under German occupation, 551-2 Lace, manufacture, 103, 107, 191, 278, 289, 340, 594, 595, 598, 600, 606, 609, 613, 618 Laeken, 129, 323, 587, 592 (plate) Laminoirs d’ Anvers, S.A. des, 313 Lanaye, 526, 531, 533, 534, 535 (plate) Lancashire, population, 19 Land ownership, 74, 235 Land prices, 249 Land reclamation, 5, 26-8, 235 Land taxation, 373° Land tenure, 252-4 Land utilization, 241-5, 242 (fig.) Landen, 195 Landes, 238 Landrecies (France), waterways, oe Langegracht, 36 Langeleede C., 520, 522 Langerbrugge, 330, 412, 419-20 Languages, 57—62 (and fig. and tables), 67-8; see also Dialects, Dutch, Flemish, French, German, Walloon Language Question, and education, . 67-8, 116; and legal proceedings, 139, 158 Larch, 257 Lard, consumption of, 78-9 9; imports of, 367, 369 Laroche, 606 Latour marshalling yard, 486 Law, XV _ cent., 90; modern, 156-61 Lawns manufacture, 338 Lead, metal, 315-16; exports, 363, 366 Lead ore, imports of, 360 League of Arras (1579), 98 League of Nations, 126, 128 TOO, - 295; exports, 363, 365, 370; guilds, 86-7; imports, 360; manufacture, -341; numbers employed, 286; see also Hides and Skins Ledeberg, 217, 319, 336, 412 Ledeganck, K. L., 136 Ledru-Rollin, A-A., 117, 124 Leeds, 36 Leerbeek, 483 (plate) Lefebvre Dock (Antwerpen), 424, 430 (plate), 433, 521, 533, 535 Lefévre, M. A., 223 Legal appointments, 159