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Men Draining Water from Large Pot

Date: 1914
Description: Two men in a muddy yard are bending over and holding onto a large pot while draining water out of it into a trench in the ground. Behind them is a bicycle ...
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Tunnel Entrance in Folgaria, South Tyrol

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Description: Austrian soldiers standing in front of the entrance to a tunnel in Folgaria, Italy. The entrance is to a tunnel blasted out of rock which the troops use as...
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Bicycle Patrol

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Description: The watch in the Vosges. Soldier (on bicycle) on patrol with a white handkerchief as a recognition sign.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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

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Description: Bicycle patrol.
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Russian Red Cross

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Description: Russian Red Cross wagon captured by the Germans.
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The 83rd Infantry Regiment in Namur

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Description: The German 83rd Infantry Regiment in the City of Namur, in Belgium, preparing to move out.
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Workshops in Spandau

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Description: In front of the workshops in Spandau. Thousands of people are employed here, making and preparing all sorts of things for the military.
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War Volunteer Unit in Training

Date: 1914
Description: Officers training a Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in Schmargendorf near Berlin.
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German Guard in Donon

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Description: On guard in Donon in Lower Alsace.
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German Guard Post on the Streets of Antwerp

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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German Naval Infantry on the Way to Ostende

Date: 1914
Description: German naval infantry in Antwerp leaving for Ostende. German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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Belgian Refugees

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees taking their belongings with them as they move from place to place.
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Our Naval Infantry in Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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Refugees from Antwerp Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees from Antwerp awaiting the train that will take them home.
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Belgian Refugees Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees receiving their railway tickets in Bergen op Zoom for the trip to Merxen. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of the border was...
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Belgian Refugees in Bergen op Zoom

Date: 1914
Description: A refugee who had collapsed from exhaustion is being carried away by Dutch soldiers. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of the border, ...
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Street in the City of Trient (Trento)

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Description: Trient (Trento) Via Lunga.

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