Refugees clog Belgium roads

11th May 1940: The British Expeditionary Force engages with the Germans - but the plight of civilians dominates

Original wartime caption: Here is the most poignant picture of the War. It brings home all the horrors of modern aerial bombing. A British Tommy is seen leading away an old woman who has been searching among the ruins of her wrecked home. This is the way the Germans preserve Belgian neutrality.