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Russian soldiers abandoning their lines in GaliciaVintage Photographs - Troops
Updated - Saturday, 27 May, 2006

This section of the website contains archive photographs taken during, before and after the war.  Specifically this sub-section contains photos of servicemen and women.

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Russian soldiers abandoning their lines in Galicia (CNP)

A committed guard of post-revolutionary Russian soldiers (CNP)

French on the firing line at the First Battle of the Marne (CNP)

Austrian field works on the Galician Front (CNP)

Serbian troops waiting to embark from Corfu (CNP)

Canadian artillerymen in winter uniforms (CNP)

Canadian soldiers with spike-studded timbers (CNP)

Canadian soldiers going up to the first line in Winter (CNP)

British troops advancing by auto (CNP)

Canadian soldiers enjoying a holiday behind the Western Front (CNP)

A Highlander as sentry at a gas post (CNP)

Russian cavalry crossing the Danube River into Romania (CNP)

Romanian red hussars on the firing line (CNP)

French hero of fighting at Corbeau Wood (CNP)
Italian motorcycle corps photographed behind reserve batteries (CNP) Gunners at Fort Sheridan, Illinois (CNP)
American telegraph men (CNP) Yale artillery companies with a battery of 75's (CNP)
Australians at Lewis Gun drill (CNP) American Army in France reviewed by President Poincare (CNP)
French lancers ready to follow up a German retreat (CNP) Severely wounded Austrians and and Germans in Italy (CNP)
Grenadiers in the French trenches (CNP) French troops (MF)
French troops (MF) French troops (MF)
French troops (MF) French troops (MF)
French troops (MF) French troops (MF)
French troops (MF) French troops (MF)
French troops (MF) French troops (MF)
French troops (MF) French troops (MF)
French troops in 1915 (MF) French troops in 1917 (MF)
French troops in 1917 (MF) French troops in 1911 (MF)
French troops at the ready (MF) French troops (MF)
British troops (MF) British troops (MF)
British troops (MF) British troops (MF)
British troops (MF) German troops (MF)
German troops (MF) French troops (MF)
British Territorial Army troops (MF) British Wiltshires cheering during the great advance (MF)
Highlanders pipe themselves back from the trenches (MF) Saying goodbye (MF)
French troops, 1916 (MF) French troops (MF)
French troops (MF) French troops (MF)
French troops (MF) French troops (MF)
French infantry (MF) French trooper eating (MF)
Belgian soldiers after battle reforming for a fresh attack (CPE) French colonial soldiers at Mudros (CPE)
British South African troops in German East Africa (CPE) Australian troops passing through Sydney en route to Gallipoli (CPE)
British infantry awaiting commands (CPE) An Italian signalman (CPE)
French Army reviewed by King George V, Poincare and Joffre, 1915 (CPE) A farmer's welcome to the French dragoons in the Artois (CPE)
French soldiers on the march, early wartime (SR) Troops waiting to embark on the Macedonian Front (SR)
Canadian troops awaiting battle (SR) British artillery on the way to the front lines (SR)
Greek troops training in Salonika (SR) Romanian troops crossing the Danube on pontoon bridges (WW)
Russian infantry (WW) Legion of Death on parade, led by Mme. Botchkareva (3rd from right) (WW)
Sharpshooters from the Legion of Death (WW) Russian cavalry (WW)
Russian forces pouring into Hungary (WW) Siberian infantry arriving in Warsaw (WW)
Russian troops advancing along a railway on the plains of Poland (WW) Female Russian soldier (WW)
Female-only Battalion of Death in opposition of Bolshevik forces (WW) Italian reserve troops brought up behind Mt. Tonale Pass (WW)
U.S. troops passing a detachment of Horse Guards at Whitehall, London (WW) U.S. troops resting on the road to the Front lines in France (WW)
A brigade ready for the march (WW) In Uncle Sam's service (WW)
General Gaucher decorating U.S. officer and soldier (WW) British troops resting in a French village (WW)
French cavalry waiting with British troops behind a barricade (WW) U.S. engineers marching to the front lines (WW)
French troop train (NW) Belgian troops who escaped to Holland following fall of Antwerp (NW)
Troop train with waving British infantrymen (NW) British reservists securing their uniforms and arms (NW)
Vanguard of Russian Army marching upon Austria-Hungary (NW) French infantry in action (NW)

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