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Destroyed Bridge in the Carpathian Mountains

Date: 1915
Description: View of groups of Austrian soldiers, some standing at the base, some standing on an undamaged section, of a bridge destroyed by the Russians near the Dukla...
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Building a Walkway on the Side of a Mountain

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards Austrian soldiers working on the walkway along the side of a mountain close to the front in South Tyrol. Two men are in a boat at...
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Walkway Along a Mountain

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards Austrian soldiers building a walkway along the side of a mountain above a lake in South Tyrol. There is also a dog on the walkway...
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Austrian Supply Column

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian troops and supply wagons resting in the vicinity of the Uzsok Pass.
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Resting Troops Near Uzsok Pass

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Description: Austrian troops resting in the vicinity of Uzsok Pass.
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Major General Ignatz Verdross

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Description: Major General Ignatz Verdross, leaning on an unexploded Italian shell, is surrounded by his officers on the southern battlefront.
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Cable Car System

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Description: Cable car system for bringing up supplies and munitions on the battlefront in Tirol.
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The Highest Battlefield in Europe

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Description: Austrian Alpine soldiers passing through barbed wire entanglements on the highest battlefield in Europe — 3400 meters.
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Battle in Snow

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Description: Elevation 3400 meter. In battle against both men and nature. Ski patrol ambushing and shooting at an enemy patrol.
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Tirolian Battlefront

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Description: A narrow passage on the Tirolian battlefront.
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Troops at Rest

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Description: Troops resting on the southwestern battlefront in front of a column with the inscription: "1898" and "Acouedottu Di Riva."
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Tiroler Landesschuetzen

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Description: Tiroler Landesschuetzen (territorial troops from the Province of Tyrol) passing through a barricade in the mountains in preparation for a nighttime patrol...
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Observing the Enemy

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Description: Observing enemy activity from the plateau of Lavarone. The plateau of Lavarone was located along the pre-war boundary between Austria-Hungary and Italy.
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Lavarone Plateau

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Description: On the battlefield of the Lavarone plateau. Supplies for construction of a continuous belt of wire obstacles. The plateau of Lavarone was located along th...
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Cavern of the Lavarone Plateau

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Description: Cavern built into the mountain on the Lavarone plateau. The plateau of Lavarone was located along the pre-war boundary between Austria-Hungary and Italy.
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Sunday Mass

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Description: Sunday mass for Tiroler Standschützen at the front.
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Soldiers at Battle

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Description: Tiroler Standschützen firing at an approaching patrol.
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Firing at Patrol

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Description: Tiroler Standschützen firing at an approaching patrol.
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The Spirit of Andreas Hofer

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Description: Tiroler Standschützen firing from atop a cliff against the hated Welschen.
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Officers of Austrian Position in the High Mountains

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Description: The commander of a fort on the Tirolian front at an elevation of 3500 meters surrounded by his officers. 1. Major Hyza; 2. Lieutenant Joseph Aldon; 3. Lieu...

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