The War of the Nations WW1 209 (30976399771)

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The War of the Nations WW1 209 (30976399771)

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When Russians Were Winning Sweeping Victories and Threatening the Overthrow of Austria-Hungary.
RUSSIAN BATTERIES LAYING DOWN A BARRAGE IN PREPARATION FOR AN ATTACK, WHILE IN THE TRENCHES THE INFANTRY ARE CROUCHING WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL TO CHARGE.
A FORTIFIED SUMMIT SOUTHWEST OF TARNAPOL HAS JUST BEEN TAKEN BY SIBERIAN TROOPS, AND THE SECOND WAVE IN THE TRENCHES IS WAITING ORDERS TO ADVANCE.
COSSACK CAVALRY, WHO ARE AMONG THE MOST PICTURESQUE AND DASHING HORSEMEN IN THE WORLD, DRAWN UP READY FOR ACTION ON THEIR SMALL BUT STRONG AND ENDURING HORSES, WHO CAN CLIMB ROCKS ALMOST LIKE CHAMOIS.
A STUDY IN RUSSIAN PHYSIOGNOMY IS AFFORDED BY THIS GROUP, WHO HAVE JUST CAPTURED THIS GERMAN TRENCH ON THE GALICIAN FRONT.

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The war of the nations: portfolio in rotogravure etchings: compiled from the Mid-week pictorial. New York: New York Times, Co, 1919. Book.
Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/19013740/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.loc.gov/item/19013740/</a>. (Accessed November 08, 2016.)
Images from "The War of the Nations : Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings : Compiled from the Mid-Week Pictorial" (New York : New York Times, Co., 1919)
Notes: Selected from "The War of the Nations: Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings," published by the New York Times shortly after the 1919 armistice. This portfolio compiled selected images from their "Mid-Week Pictorial" newspaper supplements of 1914-19. 528 p. : chiefly ill. ; 42 cm.; hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 --Pictorial works.
New York--New York
Format: Rotogravures --1910-1920.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction
Repository: Library of Congress, Serials and Government Publications Division, Washington, D.C. 20540

Part Of: Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 (DLC) sgpwar 19191231
General information about the Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 digital collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037

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