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Turkish Artillery in the Desert

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Description: Turkish artillery equipped with "desert tires."
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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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Turkish Soldiers at Rest During March

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Description: Turkish column at rest in the desert with a Red Crescent flag.
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Ali Fuat (Cebesoy) Bey

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Description: Ali Fuat (Cebesoy) Bey, commander of the 25th Infantry Division, giving an address to the troops in Beersheba about to depart for the Suez Canal. The Hodsc...
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The Holy War

Date: 01 1915
Description: The Holy War. Djemal Pascha in the desert reviewing troops departing for the Suez Canal. Behind him on the left on horseback, is Colonel von Frankenberg, ...
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Colonel von Frankenberg in the Desert

Date: 01 1915
Description: Colonel von Frankenberg sitting on his horse in the desert as he is heading to the front.
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Blessing Troops Heading to the Suez

Date: 01 1915
Description: Djemal Pascha on horseback with a Muslim cleric, known as the Hodscha, giving a blessing to troops departing for the Suez Canal.
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Officers in the Desert

Date: 01 1915
Description: Djemal Pascha and Colonel von Frankenberg in the desert.
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On Patrol in the Desert

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Description: German officer, riding a camel, on patrol in the desert.

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