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Oxen

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Description: Requisitioned French oxen. Behind a gate in the background are railroad tracks, and on the far right is a railroad car. There is a steep, wooded hill in th...
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Guarding Railways

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Description: Railway track guard. On guard with a rifle.
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420 mm Mortar Pit Filled with Water

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Description: View of a pit that formerly held a firing position for a 420 mm mortar. The pit was later filled with water so that spies would not be able to photograph a...
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The Watch on the Schelde River

Date: 1914
Description: Our naval infantry in Antwerp. German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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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) Pas...
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Turkish Landsturm (Reservists)

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Description: Duties of the Turkish Landsturm (reservists). Guarding a bridge in Adana.

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