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Soldiers in Defensive Positions

Photographs of military encampments and fortifications from various war periods, illustrating strategic positions and landscapes of conflict.

Outer line of Confederate fortifications, in front of Petersburg, Virginia, captured by 18th Army Corps, June 15, 1864. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Technical course.Thow object 3.Triverse backwards. .

Monte Cismon, Hero Friedhof.

Fort Hensel. Reproduction from the L'Illustratione Italiano. of 28 November 1915..

Dead Confederates in the trenches of Fort Mahone, April 3, 1865 | Library of Congress

Britof, seat of the 62nd infantry division.

Description: Bombs Bursting near N.E Corner of Jid Ali Fort. 700 ft. OBS OFR O. Gayford. Location: British Somaliland Date: 1919 africa

Team shelter behind the 1st line east of Galuzia (K.U.11.ktd.).

The picture shows two soldiers sitting in a large grenade hole in the middle of a upset battlefield .. The picture shows two soldiers sitting in a large pomegranate hole in the middle of a upset battlefield.

Staying and performance of the 8th (4th) Battalion in the Dutch East Indies. Dutch soldiers build an improvised bridge.

Field Fair of the Viennese Landwehrstammregimentes 1 at Lapenje after the tenth Isonzo slaughter. The field fair is held by Franz Schmitz.

Germans coming out of the trenches, Massiges, northern France, c1914-c1918. Artist: Unknown.

Chicamauga (i.e. Chickamauga) battlefield. Part of Brady-Handy Collection, Another print of this negative identifies the location as Resaca, Georgia, Title from item. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Georgia, Chickamauga.

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The Western front. Sergeant finds a sunshade undamaged in a ruined village.. 1914-1918}

War album 89, picture 26133.

Position of the IV. Battalions of the Infantry Regiment 83 at the Batkower Pond, section of Major Franz Delovos. The statement war lasted from 19.9.1916 to 19.7.1917.

Photo collection First World War. The Western Front. Courcelette in Ruins. Now in Canadian Lines. September 1916. Courcelette, France

Photo collection First World War. German Trench at Ovillers, Battered by Our Artillery. 1914-1918}. France, ovillers

Propagandativeness east of Powursk.

World War I, dead English soldiers in no man's land, ca. 1914

Little and Big Round Top, Gettysburg. H127493 U.S. Copyright Office, Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; May 24, 1909, Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields , United States, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg.

Army Commandant Archduke Friedrich at the Support point number 14 at the tonale. .

Panorama - Interior of the North Fort after its capture.

Smokejumpers: Training - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

World war One: German troops run across a muddy terrain, towards a battle front 1915

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. Blaak. May 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Tunnels dug into the sides of the banks of the San Miquel River in search for gold. San Miquel County, Colorado 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , San Miquel County

Storm course, true infantry.

This photograph depicts a barbed wire entanglement and a hole before deploying a five-pound munition. It is captured by the Chemical Warfare Service photographer on April 2, 1919. The image is labeled with the description number AU 55603. However, no additional notes are provided.

Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front in France. The German Offensive. Our Artillery in Action Impting The Boches. 1914-1918}. France

Construction of the municipal metropolitan metropolitan railroad: clearing of the Stross, "Republic" station ,. Paris (IIIth-1st-1st arr.). "Line 5 25 March 1905 / Station Place de la Bastille / clearing of the Stross / towards Austerlitz". 1905-03-25. Anonymous photography. 1905-03-25. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123881-22

Forest camp in the artillery section South, 8.1.1917.

Radio station on the Finocchio ,: hut and foot end of the Mast of the Game Recovery Station. .

Photo collection Government information service. Mass grave in Waalsdorp. Crates in the dunes. August 1945. Waalsdorp, South Holland

World War 1 - French soldiers reinforce their positions in the trenches during the Battle of Champagne, 1915.

Our last camp on Mr A Deal's farm on Upper Plain Road, out from Masterton ... colour transparencies, colour slides

Major Project. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

2 batteries Field artillery regiment at Kol.Dubrowa.

Unidentified WWI soldier feeding chickens at Oatlands Park, Surrey, England black-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints, documentary photographs

'Fighting for the Lost Province of Alsace', (1919). Creator: Unknown.

Dégiats made by a zeppelin. Haxo Street. Damage made by the bombs of a Zeppelin at 65, 87 or 88 rue Haxo, 20th arrondissement, Paris, 29 January 1916 Anonymous. Dégiats made by a zeppelin. Haxo Street. Damage made by the bombs of a Zeppelin at 65, 87 or 88 Rue Haxo, 20th arrondissement, Paris, January 29, 1916. Drawing with gelatin bromide of silver. January 29, 1916-29 January 1916.

Underground Austrian shelter on the eastern front, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 32, August 6, 1916.

Sally-port of Fort Putnam, West Point. American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Military training , United States, United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.)

Elsevier photo collection. Dutch-Belgian army exercise Eindhoven Leopold Bridge Parate Lichting 1951 lanyter 4 barrels Veluwe. exercise crossing Dutch units Scheldt Maaskanaal. bridges "destroyed" Dutch artillery stock assist soldiers crossing. 13 June 1952. Belgium

Battle Field of New Hope Church, Georgia, No. 2; George N. Barnard (American, 1819 - 1902); New York, United States; negative about 1865; print 1866; Albumen silver print

Photo collection First World War. German soldiers demolish a English tank. {1914-1918}

The aftermath of bombing in Narvik, Norway.

British troops returning from the Somme. 1916. World War I

Crashed plane. .

A 25-pin cannon with the operation, ready to spruce.

Elsevier photo collection. Pont Hollandse IJssel Hekendorp (Z.H.) hit wave shore sank, leaving 7 people drowned. December 1923. Hekendorp, South Holland

Showing Bulkhead and dead men , Maintenance & repair, Retaining walls, Billings Creek. Photographs of the First Naval District

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing the debris, shot, and shell. Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry sea fort located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots that started the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. , Vintage photography

Brennende place in Poniczew. (17 / II.1918.).

Schabs, Sturmübungsplatz: Sturmkursübung. .

Kaiser Karl I. in Südtirol, Serrada .

German soldiers using trench shields to protect them from enemy fire during the First World War. From The Illustrated War News published 1915

Interior of Gracies Salient. Interior view of Confederate line at Gracies Salient, May, 1865.. 1865. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields , Virginia

French soldier in a German position, Anonymous, 1914 - 1918 stereograph cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print private soldier. trenches

German pennants, Carency, northern France, c1914-c1918. Artist: Unknown.

Views in the woods in the Federal lines on north side of Orange Plank Road. Forms part of Civil War Photograph Collection , Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Virginia, Skulls, 1860-1870, Bones, 1860-1870.

Photo collection First World War. The Somme. A German HoWitzer Found at MartinPuich Knocked Out By Our Guns. 1914-1918}. France, MartinPuich, Somme

Camp at the Gold Cave. Circa 1913.

War Views. This picture is a good view of the covered ways inside the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation"....

World War 1 - In Upper Isonzo, a convoy of big canyons trailers with tractors.

Sprilling attempts at the Russian war showplatz.

Photograph of the Remains of a French Bazar Which Was Destroyed by Heavy Naval Bombardment. A Bazar that Isn't Thar. Just back of the Normandy invasion beach, a French bazar is knocked out of business -- a casualty of the heavy naval bombardment that accompanied the assault upon the French coast. Coast Guardsman Richard Roig, of 2126 45th Street, Long Island City, N. Y. pauses for a breather on the rubble.

Photograph of the transportation of the wounded from the French front lines. Dated 1915

War cemetery at Gaza. 1917, Gaza Strip, Middle East

Dead Confederates, Fort Mahone 1864 Thomas C. Roche American. Dead Confederates, Fort Mahone 268146

Regimenting command of the Landwehrfanterieregimentes 24.

Dratverhau prior to the position of the 25th field hunter battalion.

Flinmenwerfer, Wl.wolinsky. .

Bois du Chapitre, Vaux, northern France, c1914-c1918. Artist: Unknown.

Caster, Uscieszko.

Naval Ammunition Depot, Hingham, MA from south 5,000 ft. , Magazines Military buildings, Naval Ammunition Depot. Photographs of the First Naval District

The Civil War. The Battle of Antietam. Pontoon bridge and ruins of the stone bridge across the Potomac River, Berlin, Md. Photograph by Alexander Gardener. 1862

A photograph from the First World War, showing soldiers behind cover attempting to put out a fire. First World War, circa 1914-1918.

Gettysburg, Pa. Interior view of breastworks on extreme left of the Federal line. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa, 1863, Forts & fortifications, United States, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg.

Photo collection First World War. Provisional grave with primitive wooden cross in residential area. 1914-1918}

Belgium , 1917 - North of France, Belgium - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (September 1-5) (French - Belgique). Domestic life, front, trenches, man, army, Daily life, world war, human beings, society, Yser lines near the Ecluse of Bosenic, French line of Het-Sas

Battle Field of Atlanta, Ga., July 22d, 1864. No. 2. George N. Barnard (American, 1819 - 1902)

War album 95, picture 28471.

Wladimir-Wolynskij: Army sawing. Inside view. (7 / IV.1918.).

Dismounted cannon and ruins, Port Hudson, Louisiana during the American Civil War, circa 1864

Bomb funnel of a flyer bomb in Bolzano.

Photograph of gas being discharged from the trenches in an attempt to stop an enemy attack. Dated 1915

Hirtzbach, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, first-line trench: under observation , 1917 - Alsace - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (June) (French - Hirtzbach , Haut-Rhin , Alsace , France Tranchée de première ligne : en observation). Work scene, forehead, trenches, weapon, hairy, Daily life, First World War, France, Hirtzbach, 1st line trench, under observation

Swamp position on the bridge in the hunters of the 25 infantry division.

Groove of the Regimenting Command Riding Protect No.2 MMT Wirt-proof shelter.

Vom spicy parts.

French position under attack during the battle of the Argonne. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive; was part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front.

As a pattern developed trench piece with wind turbine for gas readiness.

Extension course Rohatyn. Fight with hand grenades around enemy trench b).

Standing at Iszczkow overlooking the bridge to the south.

Verdun (France), October 1919. In the Verdun cemetery. D. Alfonso XIII placing a wreath dedicated to the French soldiers killed in the war.

The Finnvik cable. Innermost boss at Finnviken. From the album, the cable work helmet (Helmet) - Norrtälje - Finnviken performed during the summer of 1928.

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856. Interior of the Russian redan at Sebastopol (Sevastopol) after its fall on 11 September 1855. Engraving after a photograph, 1855.

Belgium , 1917 - North of France, Belgium - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (September 1-5) (French - Belgique). Military uniform, farm, ruins, front, man, Clothing, First World War, Human Starries, Lightning Farm

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