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Captured Russian Artillery in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Captured Russian cannon are paraded through Berlin for all to see.
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"Hurrah, We're Heading to the Front"

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Description: German soldiers and artillery caissons loaded on a flat car.
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420 mm Mortar Pit Filled with Water

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Description: View of a pit that formerly held a firing position for a 420 mm mortar. The pit was later filled with water so that spies would not be able to photograph a...
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420 mm Mortar Pit Filled with Water

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Description: Pit that formerly held a firing position for a 420 mm mortar. The pit was later filled with water so that spies would not be able to photograph and locate ...
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The Watch on the Schelde River

Date: 1914
Description: Our naval infantry in Antwerp. German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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Turkish Infantry

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Description: Turkish infantry and German discipline — well-equipped with modern weapons.
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Mountain Artillery Resupply Column

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Description: Soldiers and horse-drawn wagons moving to the front.
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Highest Artillery Position in Europe

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Description: The highest artillery position in Europe on Ortler (Mount Ortles).
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Highest Machinegun Position in Europe

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Description: The highest machinegun position in Europe on the Ortler glacier.
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Artillery Crew at High Altitude

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Description: Artillery men in the land of eternal ice in the South Tirol Alps.
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Ski Patrol in a Glacier Fort

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Description: The highest battlefield in Europe — 3500 meters on the Tirolian border. A ski patrol must dress like polar explorers to protect themselves against the bit...
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Awaiting Further Orders

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Description: Brave Tiroler Standschützen returning after the destruction of the Cabana Cedek, located on the Italian side of the border, awaiting further orders.
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Machine Gun in the Alps

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Description: A soldier on the Ortler (Mount Ortles) carrying a machinegun base and legs on his back.
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Street Scene in Sabac

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Description: Street scene in Sabac, with a passing Austrian column of wagons.
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Forward Observer During a Snowstorm

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Description: Dutiful artillery forward observer, in a snowstorm in an ice cavern on a glacier, at an elevation of 3600 meters, overlooking Italian territory.
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Forward Observer During a Snowstorm

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Description: Dutiful artillery forward observer, in a snowstorm in an ice cavern on a glacier, at an elevation of 3600 meters, overlooking Italian territory.
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Munitions Column in the High Alps

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Description: Elevation of 3600 meters. Munitions column, on pack mules, on the way to a fortified position on the glaciers.
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Transporting Lumber in the High Alps

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Description: Transporting building lumber to our high altitude fighting positions on the Italian-Tirolian front.
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Albania

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Description: In Albania. A 240 mm mortar in a reserve position.
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Captured Montenegran Artillery

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Description: Artillery pieces at the arsenal in Cetinje that had been captured or surrendered by Montenegrin soldiers.

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