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Defending a Railway Line

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Description: Defending a railway line on the front.
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Hospital Train Inspection

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Description: The hospital train of Count Karolyi being inspected by Freiherr Scheffer-Boyadel while being accompanied by Count Anton Karolyi.
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Russian Deserters

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Description: Skiernewize (Skierniewice). Arrival of Russian deserters.
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Children Gathered in Front of the Hospital Train

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Description: Group of children standing in front of a hospital train in Lodz listening to a gramophone set up to play music while the train was in the station.
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Silly (Silli) in Syria

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Description: Elevated view of railroad cars waiting for supplies to be loaded on board.
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Bavarian Troops

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Description: Bavarian troops waving from a train leaving for the front.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees whose homes had been burned by Russian troops and who are living in railroad cars.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees whose homes had been burned by Russian troops and who are living in railroad cars.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees whose homes had been burned by Russian troops and who are living in railroad cars.
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Captured Russian Artillery

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Description: Captured Russian artillery limbers and ammunition carts. Aftermath of the Battle of Tannenberg.
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Captured Russian Artillery

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Description: Captured Russian artillery limbers and ammunition carts. Aftermath of the Battle of Tannenberg.
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Railroad Guards

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Description: German railroad guards on the eastern border.
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Railroad Guards

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Description: German railroad guards on the eastern border.
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Guarding Railways

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Description: Railway track guard. On guard with a rifle.
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Train Car Load of Hay in East Prussia

Date: 1914
Description: German train shipping hay to the front in East Prussia.
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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: View of the neutral train entering Merxen (Merskem), near Antwerp, bringing refugees from Holland.
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German Soldiers in Front of Refugee Train

Date: 1914
Description: German soldiers and Dutch officials in front of a neutral train transporting refugees back to Belgium.
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Belgian Refugees on the Way Home

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees gathering on train tracks on their way to return home.
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Refugees from Antwerp Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees from Antwerp awaiting the train that will take them home.

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