Kaiser Wilhelm II at Amerongen Castle, Netherlands, 1918, (c1920). 'The Ex-Kaiser in Exile: a snapshot of the deposed emperor, with his suite, on the bridge over the moat at Amerongen, the castle of Count [Godard] Bentinck, where William II sought refuge in his flight into Holland'. After the signing of the Armistice at the end of the First World War, German emperor Wilhelm issued a belated statement of abdication from both the Prussian and imperial thrones. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume IX, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]