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Sunday Military Church Service in South Tyrol

Date: 1914
Description: Sunday mass for Austrian soldiers, members of a "Tiroler Standschützen" unit, in South Tyrol during World War I.
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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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Destroyed Bridge in the Carpathian Mountains

Date: 1915
Description: View of groups of Austrian soldiers, some standing at the base, some standing on an undamaged section, of a bridge destroyed by the Russians near the Dukla...
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Repairing Telephone Wires

Date: 1915
Description: Repairing telephone wires in the Uzsok Pass, Galicia, which had been destroyed by the Russians.
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Austrian Soldiers on Walkway on Side of Cliff

Date: 1915
Description: View looking up at Austrian soldiers standing on a wooden walkway with a metal railing attached to the side of a cliff above a lake in South Tyrol.
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Building a Walkway on the Side of a Mountain

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards Austrian soldiers working on the walkway along the side of a mountain close to the front in South Tyrol. Two men are in a boat at...
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Walkway Along a Mountain

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards Austrian soldiers building a walkway along the side of a mountain above a lake in South Tyrol. There is also a dog on the walkway...
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Austrian Lookout on the Cliff

Date: 1915
Description: View looking down at an Austrian fortress officer lying in the grass at the crest of a ridge line, using it as an observation post while looking for the en...
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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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Artillery Explosion on the Russian Front

Date: 1914
Description: Impact of an Austrian 305mm mortar shell in a Russian position. Taken with a telephoto lens.
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Hotel Lavarone

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Hotel Lavarone in the town of Lavarone, South Tyrol.
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Reconnaissance Patrol

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian reconnaissance patrol against Italian troops on the southwest battlefront in South Tyrol.
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Reconnaissance Patrol

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian reconnaissance patrol against Italian troops on the southwest battlefront in South Tyrol.
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Austrian Supply Column

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian troops and supply wagons resting in the vicinity of the Uzsok Pass.
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Water Wheel in the Desert

Date: 1915
Description: Water wheel in the Syrian desert.
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Preparations for March

Date: 1915
Description: Preparations for the march across the desert. Each soldier is being given a sack with food and supplies.
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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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Sharpshooters of the Polish Legion

Date: 1914
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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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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