Polish infantry of the German army in East Prussia advance over flat ground in extended order firing from individual rifle pits – Antique Wall Art
![Polish infantry of the German army in East Prussia advance over flat ground in extended order firing from individual rifle pits, [published 1914] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6c/6cf5f2d1d922-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Polish infantry of the German army in East Prussia advance over flat ground in extended order firing from individual rifle pits
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Infantrymen advance in extended order across open, level ground, firing from individual rifle pits as they go. The picture shows Polish soldiers serving in the German army, a reminder that Germany drew many recruits from its Polish-speaking provinces, and that some of them fought on the East Prussian front against Russia in the first autumn of the war. This rotogravure ran in the picture section of *The New York Times* on November 22, 1914, when American readers were following the eastern campaign closely.
| Created / published | [published 1914] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : rotogravure. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1910-1920.Rotogravures 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The New York Times, picture section, rotogravure, part 1, 1914 Nov. 22, p. 2. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns & battles--Prussia, East (Poland and Russia). Infantry--Polish--Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,318 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-186005 |
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