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Sandbags for the Trenches

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are preparing sandbags for the building bunkers and trenches in Serbia.
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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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French PoW's at Zossen

Date: 1914
Description: French PoW's beautifying the exterior of a barracks building in the camp at Zossen.
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Soldiers Awaiting Orders to Fire Artillery

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian artillerymen taking a break from the battle at a firing position on the southwestern battlefront in Tyrol. Some of the men are smoking. The troops...
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Soldiers in Front of Bunkers

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers post in front of the bunkers on the Italian front in the battle zone around Lavarone in South Tyrol. These are camouflaged artillery posi...
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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 Machine Gun Detachment

Date: 1915
Description: In South Tyrol. An Austrian machine gun detachment firing at the Italian enemy.
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Fortifying an Embarkment

Date: 1915
Description: Soldiers fortifying an embankment on the southwest battlefront in South Tyrol.
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Austrian Soldiers in a Trench

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers in a trench line.
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Austrian Soldiers in Skirmish Trench

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers in Dunajec, Poland.
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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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Military Searchlight

Date: 1914
Description: Searchlight positioned on a fort in Antwerp in order to light a section of railroad track. Water is in the foreground.

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