How the Przemysl Forts were wrecked (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
How the Przemysl Forts were wrecked
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19648
Call Number: LC-B2- 3558-12
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Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (6 days ago | reply)
Przemyśl ([ˈpʂɛmɨɕl] ( listen)) (Ukrainian: Перемишль, Peremyshl’) is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of June 2009.[1] In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship; it was previously the capital of Przemyśl Voivodeship.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przemy%C5%9Bl
B-59 (5 days ago | reply)
The Austrian forts of Przemyśl (one of the largest constructions before WWI) were occupied by the Russian army on March 22, 1915. Nine weeks later, the fortress was recaptured by German and Austrian forces. General v. Kneussl’s division was the first to break into the fort.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Przemy%C5%9Bl
www.oocities.org/veldes1/kneussl.html
home.comcast.net/~jcviser/aka/kneussl.htm
artolog (5 days ago | reply)
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