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Battling a Cold Winter

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Description: As protection against the bitter cold of the Carpathian Mountains, the Austrian Army supply command delivers fur muffs for soldiers.
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Winter Clothing for the Troops

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Description: Winter wool clothing being distributed to Austrian soldiers near the Uzsok Pass in Galicia.
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Transporting Cattle for Slaughter

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Description: Transporting cattle for slaughter across the Dukla Pass.
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Train and Depot Guards

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Description: Duties of the Turkish Landsturm (reservists). Train and depot guards.
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Military Transport in Taurus Mountains

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Description: Military transport through the snowy Taurus Mountains.
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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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Guarding a Glacier Fort

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Description: Guard in front of a fortified position on the glacier at an elevation of over 3500 meters.
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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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Transporting Supplies in Turkey

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Description: Duties of the Turkish Landsturm (reservists). Moving provisions with wagons pulled by water buffalo.
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Mount Lovcen

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Description: Workers repairing a stone viaduct that had been demolished. View of the site of the explosion and the serpentine road.
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Wine for Troops

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Description: Wine for our fighting troops in Albania.
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Road Repair on Mount Lovcen

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Description: Repair work on Mount Lovcen to repair roads. Civilians carrying bags of cement up a road to the repair site.
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Rijeka in Montenegro

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Description: Rijeka (Rijeka Crnojevića) the beautifully situated summer residence of King Nikita of Montenegro.
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Cattaro

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Description: Evacuated (refugee) women working as laborers at the port.
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Cettinje

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Description: Montenegrin work party passing by the French embassy in Cettinje, Montenegro.
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Road Repair on Mount Lovcen

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Description: Repair work on Mount Lovcen to repair war damage caused by the Montenegrins. Archduke Karl Franz Salvator inspecting the work on Mount Lovcen, Montenegro.
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On the Road to Albania

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Description: Beef cattle for slaughter, Montenegro and Albania.
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On the Road to Albania

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Description: Disarmed Serbian and Montenegran soldiers, as well as civilian refugees, crossing the Black Mountains from Albania on their way home.
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On the Road to Albania

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Description: Disarmed Serbian and Montenegran soldiers, as well as civilian refugees, crossing the Black Mountains from Albania on their way home.

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