[1] The story of the de Buisseret misfortunes since the war began has been a sad one, like that of many of the Belgian aristocracy. Their chÂteau, which we visited so often, has been destroyed, Madame de Buisseret has died, and the children are scattered.

[2] From “The Great Duke.”

[3] Roland de MarÈs (Le Temps).

[4] Max Rooses.

[5] The description of technique is quoted from Hunter’s “Tapestries.”

[6] “Gems of Modern Belgian Art.”

[7] Conway.

[8] Conway.

[9] Translated by Edward Thomas.

[10] The best authorities, of course, on the causes of the war are:
The English White Paper
The German White Book The Belgian Gray Book
The Russian Yellow Book
The Austrian Red Book
The French Yellow Book

[11] From the German White Book.

[12] From “How Belgium Saved Europe,” by Dr. Charles Sarolea—as is much of the following.

[13] From the volume of poems entitled “The Song of the Guns,” by Herbert Kaufman.

[14] Note:—I have heard the spreading of the Cardinal’s letter by Mme. Carton de Wiart was one of the reasons of her arrest, trial and imprisonment.

[15] The young English lady who took this letter to Roehampton was made a prisoner, from nine in the morning until four in the afternoon. Although she had to show the letter, the German officials let her go, as it was unimportant, but her husband was taken prisoner. They asked him his age, and told him that they needed soldiers, and that he might be of use to them.

[16] The Belgian army retired from Antwerp to La Panne.

[17] I am indebted to the official bulletin of the Commission for Relief in Belgium for much of the following material.