XEE4186391 World War I, Execution of Edith Louisa Cavell (1865-1915), British Red Cross nurse and humanitarian, sentenced to death for helping allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, Illustration from French newspaper Le petit Journal, November 7, 1915, Private Collection by Anonymous; Private Collection; (add.info.: World War I, Execution of Edith Louisa Cavell (1865-1915), British Red Cross nurse and humanitarian, sentenced to death for helping allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, Illustration from French newspaper Le Pepetit Journal, November 7, 1915, Private Collection - Premiere guerre mondiale 1914-1918 (14-18): Edith Louisa Cavell ( 1865-1915), nurse of the red cross and heroine of the First World War executed by the Germans for setting up an escape network that allowed allied soldiers to pass from occupied Belgium to neutral Netherlands, in violation of military law. Engraving in ??????Le Petite Journal?????? on 7/11/1915. Private collection.); Stefano Bianchetti; out of copyright.