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1914-1918
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Rifle Grenade in a British First Line Trench in the Balkans.
A British soldier in a trench in the Balkans mans a rifle grenade to shoot explosives at a large range while remaining safe.
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Serbian Trench -- Awaiting Phone Call from Listening Pcst to Fire Rocket for Illuminating "No Man's Land."
Serbian soldiers wait in a hidden shelter for a call from a sentinel. When he calls, they will fire a rocket to illuminate potentially advancing enemy troops.
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Loading a Trench Mortar in a Hillside Dugout on the Serbian Front.
A soldier loads a mortar in a hillside trench while two others look on.
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View in a Trench Kitchen Underground on the Salonika Front.
Three French soldiers preparing soup in a protected underground trench kitchen on the Thessaloniki Front in Greece.
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A Serbian Rest Camp Back of Front Line Trenches in the Balkans.
A view of a Serbian army camp away from the front lines where men would be sent for a break from the constant destruction, death, and gunfire. Several men are seen smoking pipes.
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View from Stage of a Serbian Army Audience in an Outdoor Theater at the Front -- Prompter in the Foreground.
View from the stage as Serbian soldiers watch their fellow men perform plays for the rest of the army during a rare moment of downtime. In the foreground, a concealed prompter feeds them their lines, and in the front row, men play instruments to...
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Modern Cliff Dwellers -- A Regimental Headquarters Back of Serbian Front.
Headquarters of a Serbian troop, comprised of ramshackle houses built into the cliffs with planks and stones. There is laundry hanging on clotheslines.
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Water Front of Trieste, the Prize Taken by Italy from Austria
Many people walk along the waterfront in Trieste, a city that Italy reclaimed from Austria after the end of World War I. They are all dressed in black, except for a small child in the foreground dressed in white and holding her mother's hand.
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Mount Grappa and Ruins of Quero, on the Italian Battle Front.
Soldiers and civilians in the foreground look over the ruins of Quero, a village on the Italian front. In the background is Mount Grappa, part of the Alps separating Italy and Austria.
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How Italian Guns are Carried Up the Steep, Narrow Paths of the Alpine Front.
Italian soldiers stand surrounding mules. The mule in the foreground has the barrel of a gun attached to his back. The mule behind him has the carriage of the gun. The Alps can be seen in the background.
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