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Saales Bombarded by French

Date: 09 28 1914
Description: Town of Saales. Bombarded by the French on September 28.
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Saales Bombarded by French

Date: 09 28 1914
Description: Town of Saales. Bombarded by the French on September 28.
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Saales in Ruins

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Description: Town of Saales in Alsace. A large sign is in the foreground.
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Saales in Ruins

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Description: Town of Saales in Alsace, with damaged buildings and debris lying on the ground. A ladder in front of the damaged building in the foreground reaches the ro...
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Saales in Ruins

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Description: Town of Saales in the Vosges. Debris is on the ground and buildings are damaged. There are wooded hills in the distance beyond the town. The town hall (Rat...
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Saales Train Station

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Description: Saales in Alsace. Bombarded by the French on September 28, 1914. View of the train station. Handwritten on bottom right: "Bahnhof in Saales."
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Saales Bombarded By French

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Description: Saales in Alsace. Bombarded by the French on September 28, 1914. Handwritten at bottom left: "Saales."
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings.
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Debris Near Allenstein

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Description: Debris of battle abandoned by retreating Russians. Market place in Allenstein.
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Bukowina Trenches

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Description: Snowy trenches in Bukowina.
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Snowy Trenches

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Description: Snowy trenches.
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Emergency Bridge

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Description: Emergency bridge over the Pruth (River) near Sanda Gora.
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Defending a Bridge

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Description: Defending the Pruth River bridge.
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Keeping Watch

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Description: Keeping a close watch on the enemy.
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Trench Line

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Description: Austrian soldiers in a snowy trench.
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Stray Pigs

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Description: Stray pigs in front of destroyed buildings.
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Fort Fliron Near Liege

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Description: Fort Fliron was one of the fortifications surrounding the Belgian City of Liege. It was captured by the Germans in August, 1914.
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City Hall in Louvain

Date: 08 1914
Description: Views of the City Hall in Louvain (Leuven or Loewen) before and after the bombardment. Louvain was attacked, and heavily damaged, by German forces in Augus...
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Destruction of the Dinant Cathedral

Date: 08 1914
Description: The largest stained glass window in Europe located in the cathedral of Dinant in Belgium. Even though the church building suffered enormous damage from she...
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Firing Line

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...

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