In one terrible campaign 20,000 Serbians were killed. Masses of dead were so high that it was impossible to bury them and they were taken to sea in boat loads with a little piece of iron to sink them on each corpse. The conditions of those left alive were inconceivably difficult and the American Red Cross has been able in a slight measure to alleviate the agony. Masses of dead

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In one terrible campaign 20,000 Serbians were killed. Masses of dead were so high that it was impossible to bury them and they were taken to sea in boat loads with a little piece of iron to sink them on each corpse. The conditions of those left alive were inconceivably difficult and the American Red Cross has been able in a slight measure to alleviate the agony. Masses of dead

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Title and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Miss Freeman.
Group title: Serbian Army Pictures.
4x7 plate in file.
Date based on date range for negative series.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 32

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01/01/1914
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html

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