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Russian Prisoners Working

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Description: Russian prisoners working to restore the destroyed train station in Skiernewize.
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Russian Deserters

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Description: Skiernewize (Skierniewice). Arrival of Russian deserters.
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Osmanie Train Station

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Description: The train station in Osmanie (Osmaniye).
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Railroad Station in Silly (Silli)

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Description: Rail station guard in Silly (Silli), which is an important supply point.
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Syrian Train Station

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Description: The train station in the City of Homs in Syria.
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"Plague of Dogs in Turkey"

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Description: Feral dogs hanging around a train.
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Austrian Reservists

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Description: Austrian reservists waiting at the Silesian train station.
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The First Neutral Train Pulling into Merxen

Date: 1914
Description: The first neutral train carrying returning refugees is pulling into the Merxen station in Antwerp. Soldiers are posing in front of the engine.
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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 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 Merxen

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees in Merxen, near Antwerp, returning from the Netherlands.
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German Soldiers and Dutch Officials

Date: 1914
Description: Dutch officials and German soldiers in front of the locomotive pulling the train returning Belgian refugees from Holland.
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Antwerp Train Station

Date: 1914
Description: Sealed off entrance to the main train station in Antwerp.
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Antwerp Train Station

Date: 1914
Description: Sealed off entrance to the main train station in Antwerp.
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Wounded German Soldiers

Date: 1914
Description: Wounded German soldiers writing quick notes home before the departure of the train. A sign on the far left reads: "Annahme von Handgepäck."
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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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Departure of Djemal Pascha

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Description: Departure of Djemal Pascha from the Damascus train station.
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Damascus Train Station

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Description: Colonel von Frankenberg, Chief of Staff of the 4th Army, in a rail car being given well wishes by Colonel Trommer. Scene at the Damascus train station.
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Arrival in Damascus

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Description: The arrival in Damascus of Fahkriddine Pascha, commander of the 12th Army Corps, as the new Governor-General of Damascus. ** Fahkriddine (or Fahkri) Pa...
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Buying Coffee

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Description: Buying coffee at a Bosnian train station. Austrian soldiers in a train car are purchasing coffee from a street vendor.

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