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Pour le dernier quart d'heure

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of Gen. Ferdinand Foch overseeing French soldiers as they march forward on a battlefield. Text reads: "Pour le dernier quart d'...
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Field Battery Telephone

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian field artillery battery telephone operator.
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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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Polish Legion in the Carpathians Preparing to Eat

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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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Archduke Frederick with His Daughter

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Description: The Archduke Frederick was the Supreme Commander of the military forces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I.
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German and Austrian General Staff Officers

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Description: Staff officers standing outside military headquarters.
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Field Marshal Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf

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Description: Field Marshal Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf was the Chief of Staff of the Austro-Hungarian army from 1910 to 1917.
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Austrian General Staff Officers

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Description: General staff officers walking through the headquarters.
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German Naval Infantry on the Way to Ostende

Date: 1914
Description: German naval infantry in Antwerp leaving for Ostende. German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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German Naval Infantry Leaving Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: Our naval infantry in Antwerp on their way out of the city. German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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An Arab Leader Addressing Djemal Pascha

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Description: An Arab leader greeting Djemal Pascha at the Railroad station in Damascus.
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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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His Excellency General Dankl in front of a Church

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Description: General Viktor Dankl von Krasnik was the commander of Austrian forces fighting against Italy in 1915-1916.
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Hotels in Riva

Date: 1915
Description: City of Riva in September 1915. This photograph suffices to convince the unbelieving that even in this part of the battlefront Italian successes are not pr...
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Officers of Austrian Position in the High Mountains

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Description: The commander of a fort on the Tirolian front at an elevation of 3500 meters surrounded by his officers. 1. Major Hyza; 2. Lieutenant Joseph Aldon; 3. Lieu...
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Engineering Officers

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Description: Engineering officers (Pionneren) riding on a Serbian military road to determine the best route.
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Visit of the Czar

Date: 1915
Description: The visit of the Czar of Bulgaria to the Austrian headquarters. The Czar is decorating an Austrian corporal who single-handedly held a fighting position in...
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Austrian General and Staff

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Description: 1. His Excellency Field Marshall Lieutenant Lorsich; 2. General Staff Chief Major von Karches with his staff, Montenegro and Albania.
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Austrian General and Staff

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Description: Field Marshal Lieutenant Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau and his staff in Montenegro.
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Colonel General von Kövess

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Description: Colonel General Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza commanded the Austrian 3rd Army during the invasion of Serbia.

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