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Locale Destroyed by Fire

Date: 1914
Description: View across muddy ground towards a village building in Galicia destroyed by fire after shelling.
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Artillery Explosion on the Russian Front

Date: 1914
Description: Impact of an Austrian 305mm mortar shell in a Russian position. Taken with a telephoto lens.
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Blown-Up Gas Reservoir

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Description: Blown-up gas reservoir in Novo Radomsk.
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Blown-Up Gas Reservoir

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Description: Blown-up gas reservoir in Skiernewize.
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East Prussia

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Description: Scene of burned buildings after the Russian occupation.
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East Prussia

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Description: Scene of burned buildings after the Russian occupation.
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Niedenburg in East Prussia

Date: 1914
Description: Scene of destroyed and burned out buildings after the Russian occupation. Handwritten at bottom right: "Niedenburg."
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Ruins in Ortelsburg

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Description: Ortelsburg in East Prussia after the Russian occupation.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: The Russians destroyed the fire fighting apparatus so that the residents could not put out the flames.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned out buildings.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings.
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Ortelsburg

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings.
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Aerial Bombardment of Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: German aerial bombardment of Antwerp through the use of zeppelin airships.
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Results of Direct Hit from 180mm Shell

Date: 1914
Description: Results of a direct hit from a German 180mm artillery shell in Antwerp.
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Destroyed Bridge Near Merxen in Belgium

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers repairing a bridge near Merxen, Belgium.
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Destroyed Bridge Near Merxen, Belgium

Date: 1914
Description: Destroyed bridge near Merxen, Belgium.
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Results of Shelling

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Description: The results of shelling are obvious, with the entire side of the building destroyed, and a view into what used to be the living room and bedrooms of a home...
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Austrian Heavy Artillery

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Description: Austrian heavy artillery piece or mortar at the moment of firing.
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Bombardment of Novorossisk Harbor

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Description: Bombardment of the harbor of Novo Rossijsk (Novorossisk) by the light cruiser "S.M.S. Breslau, now the "Midilli." The white smoke in the center is from an ...

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