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Supply Column Passing Through Sabac

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Description: Wagons of supplies passing through Sabac on the way to the front.
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Machine Guns on Parade

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Description: Russian machine guns pulled by captured Cossack horses.
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Captured Russian Machine Guns

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Description: Captured Russian machine guns on display in front of the Berlin military headquarters.
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Display of Captured Weapons

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Description: "Our victors." German soldiers, dressed in Belgian uniforms, displaying captured weapons.
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The Effects of a 420mm Mortar Shell at Fort Loucin

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Description: Fort Loucin was one of the fortifications surrounding the Belgian City of Liege. It was captured by the Germans in August, 1914.
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"What the French are Using To Shoot at Our Soldiers"

Date: 1914
Description: Various types of bullets, often referred to as "dum dum" bullets, which were designed to inflict grievous damage on human flesh. German propaganda made muc...
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Captured Russian Artillery in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Captured Russian cannon are paraded through Berlin for all to see.
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"Hurrah, We're Heading to the Front"

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Description: German soldiers and artillery caissons loaded on a flat car.
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Guarding Railways

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Description: Railway track guard. On guard with a rifle.
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Volunteer Unit

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Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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Volunteer Unit

Date: 1914
Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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Guarding City Hall in Schirmeck

Date: 1914
Description: German guard post in front of the city hall in Schirmeck in Alsace.
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German Guard in Donon

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Description: On guard in Donon in Lower Alsace.
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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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Wounded Soldiers in the Royal Palace

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Description: Wounded German soldiers in front of the Royal Palace in Berlin viewing captured Russian cannon.
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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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Archduke Leopold Salvator and Baron Wolff

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Description: Austrian senior officers confer after a meeting at military headquarters.
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American Military Attachés at the Austro-Hungarian Headquarters

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Description: U.S. Army officers — Captain McIntire and Major Ford. Military attachés from neutral countries, such as the United States, would have received permission t...
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American Military Attachés at the Austro-Hungarian Headquarters

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Description: U.S. Army officers — Captain McIntire and Major Ford. Military attachés from neutral countries, such as the United States, would have received permission t...
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The Heir Apparent to the Throne, the Archduke Karl Franz Joseph at the Headquarters

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Description: The Archduke succeeded Emperor Franz Joseph in 1916 to become Emperor Charles I.

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