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A hold-to-light postcard of the German and Austro-Hungarian victory (shortlived) over the Russians in the Uzroker Pass in the Carpathians on January 28, 1915. Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff, launched an offensive with three armies on January 23, including the new Austro-Hungarian Seventh Army under General Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin. |
Karpathen
Siegreiche Kämpfe am Uzroker-Paß
28. Januar 1915
The Carpathians
Victorious fighting at the Uzroker Pass
January 28, 1915
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Message dated and field postmarked September 7, 1916, 29th Infantry Division. |
1915-01-28, 1915, January, Carpathians, Carpathian Mountains, Uzroker Pass, gegen licht, hold-to-light, hold to light, Battle of the Passes |
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Map of the Theatre of War Operations on the Russian front showing the furthest (westernmost) advance of Russian forces and the Front as of December 1917 after the Russian armistice. From The War of the Nations Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings Compiled from the Mid-Week Pictorial Published by the New York Times Co. New York City N.Y., 1919. Copyrighted 1919 by the New York Times Company 1914 — 1919 |
The War of the Nations Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings Compiled from the Mid-Week Pictorial
Published by the New York Times Co.
New York City N.Y.
Copyrighted 1919 by the New York Times Company
1914 — 1919 |
Eastern Front, Carpathians, Carpathian Mountains, 1915-01-31, War of the Nations, Portfolio, War of the Nations Portfolio, New York Times, NY Times |
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Northern Egypt, the Suez Canal, and Sinai from Cram's 1896 Railway Map of the Turkish Empire. |
Egy[pt], Cairo, Penisula of Sinai, Gulf of Suez, Suez Canal, Suez, and other place names |
Egypt, Cairo, Penisula of Sinai, Sinai, Gulf of Suez, Suez Canal, Suez |
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What do you want here? Turkish and British child soldiers on the Suez Canal. After crossing the Sinai Peninsula during January, 1915, a Turkish army of approximately 12,000 soldiers reached the Suez Canal on February 2, and tried to cross after nightfall, but were driven back. On the 3rd, the British crossed the canal, and struck the Turkish left flank, driving them back. By February 10, the Turks had evacuated the Peninsula. |
Was willst Du hier?
What do you want here?
Suez-Kanal
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A.R. & C.i.B. No. 718/4 |
child soldier, Suez, Egypt, canal, Suez Canal, 1915-02-02, 1915-02-03, 1915, February |
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Austria-Hungary is being crushed by Russia, and Germany is hard-pressed to help while fighting France and Great Britain on the Western Front. By early 1915, Germany had repeatedly come to Austria-Hungary's aid in its war against Russia and Serbia. A postcard of a sculpture by Rizzi. |
Un aiuto difficile
It's hard to help out
D.M. 527
Rizzi
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I nostri soggetti sono depositati.
E' vietata qualsiasi reproduzione.
Our subjects are registered.
We prohibit any reproduction. |
France, England, Germany, Russia, 1915-02-01, 1915, February |