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Shooting at an Airplane

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Description: A group of Austrian soldiers are practicing firing at an airplane.
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Austrian Soldiers Shoot at an Airplane

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers shooting at an airplane somewhere in Galicia.
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German Soldiers Carrying Wounded Soldier

Date: 1915
Description: German soldiers are carrying a wounded Austrian soldier over a narrow bridge in Galicia.
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Destroyed Bridge in the Carpathian Mountains

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers standing by a downed railroad bridge in the Carpathian Mountains. The bridge was blown up by the retreating Russians in the vicinity of t...
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Austrian Field Artillery

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian field artillery piece in Galicia at the moment of firing with the recoil of the firing tube blurred from movement.
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Aiming a Large Caliber Field Cannon

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Description: Aiming an Austrian large caliber field gun on the battlefield in Galicia.
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Austrian Heavy Mortar Ready for Firing

Date: 1915
Description: An Austrian 305mm heavy mortar in firing position in Galicia.
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Austrian Field Artillery Preparing to Fire

Date: 1914
Description: Preparing an Austrian field artillery cannon for firing.
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Artillery Forward Observers

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian forward observers in Galicia for a 305mm mortar battery using a field telescope to confirm the firing coordinates.
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Austrian Artillerymen

Date: 1915
Description: Distributing gifts to Austrian artillerymen in Galicia during a fire mission. Several soldiers are wearing snow shirts over the uniforms for camouflage.
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Bombardment of Novo Rossijsk

Date: 1914
Description: The Turkish light cruiser Midilli, formerly the German ship S.M.S. Breslau, bombarding the Russian Black Sea port of Novo Rossiysk. A Russian freighter is ...
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Building Model Trenches

Date: 1914
Description: A view of model trenches, built in Berlin by convalescing German soldiers. These were used both for training and for exhibition.
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Austrian Soldiers in Skirmish Trench

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers in Dunajec, Poland.
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Battlefield in Galicia

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Description: Austrian infantry on the battlefield in Galicia.
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Austrian Infantry

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Description: Austrian infantry on the battlefield in Galicia.
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Waiting for the Order to Attack

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Description: Firing line reserves waiting for the order to advance.
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Rest in a Galician Village

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Description: Austrian column at rest in a Galician village.
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In a Skirmish Trench on the Nida River

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian troops in a trench line on the Nida River in Poland.
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Skirmish Trench on the Nida River

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian troops in a trench line on the Nida River in Poland.
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Fighting on the Dunajec River

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Description: Soldiers fighting on the Dunajec River. The order for the attack has been given.

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