Perros de la Cruz Roja Alemana se dirigen al frente.
German Red Cross Dogs head to the front.
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"Estas palomas domésticas están haciendo mucho para salvar las vidas de nuestros muchachos en Francia". Actúaron como mensajeros eficientes y portaron despachos no sólo de división a división y de las trincheras a la retaguardia, sino que también fueron utilizadas por los aviadores para informar de los resultados de su observación.
These homing pigeons are doing much to save the lives of our boys in France. They act as efficient messengers and dispatch bearers not only from division to division and from the trenches to the rear but also are used by our aviators to report back the results of their observation.
Palomas del ejército belga. Se establecieron estaciones de palomas en la retaguardia, las palomas enviadas desde el frente, volvian más tarde con mensajes atados a sus patas.
Belgian Army pigeons. Homing pigeon stations were set up behind the front lines, the pigeons themselves sent forward, to return later with messages tied to their legs.
Dos soldados con motocicletas, cada uno con una cesta de mimbre atada a su espalda. Un tercer hombre está poniendo una paloma en una de las cestas. En el fondo hay dos remolques de palomas y un número de tiendas de campaña. El soldado en el medio tiene la insignia de la granada de los Royal Engineers que muestra que es sargento.
Two soldiers with motorbikes, each with a wicker basket strapped to his back. A third man is putting a pigeon in one of the baskets. In the background there are two mobile pigeon lofts and a number of tents. The soldier in the middle has the grenade badge of the Royal Engineers over the chevrons which show he is a sergeant.
Un mensage es atado a una paloma mensajera por tropas británicas en el Frente Occidental, 1917. Una de las palomas homónimas de Francia, llamada Cher Ami, fue galardonada con la "Croix de Guerre con Palma" francesa por su heroico servicio entregando 12 mensajes importantes durante la Batalla de Verdun.
A message is attached to a carrier pigeon by British troops on the Western Front, 1917. One of France's homing pigeons, named Cher Ami, was awarded the French "Croix de Guerre with Palm" for heroic service delivering 12 important messages during the Battle of Verdun.
La mascota felina del crucero ligero HMAS Encounter, mirando desde el cañón de una pieza de 6 pulgadas.
The feline mascot of the light cruiser HMAS Encounter, peering from the muzzle of a 6-inch gun.
El General Kamio, comandante en jefe del ejército japonés, en la entrada formal de Tsing-Tau, diciembre de 1914. El uso de caballos fue vital para los ejércitos de todo el mundo durante la Primera Guerra Mundial.
General Kamio, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army at the formal entry of Tsing-Tau, December, 1914. The use of horses was vital to armies around the world during World War I.
Refugiados belgas salen de Bruselas, con sus pertenencias en una carreta tirada por un perro, 1914.
Belgian refugees leaving Brussels, their belongings in a wagon pulled by a dog, 1914.
Australian Camel Corps entrando en acción en Sharia cerca de Beersheba, en diciembre de 1917. El Coronel y muchos de estos hombres murueronpoco más de una hora después.
Australian Camel Corps going into action at Sharia near Beersheba, in December of 1917. The Colonel and many of these men were killed an hour or so afterward.
En el frente occidental, un artillero alemán muerto y varios caballos de tiro, 1918. Las cifras exactas son difíciles de calcular, pero se estima que 8 millones de caballos murieron durante los cuatro años de guerra.
On the Western Front, a dead German artilleryman and several draft horses, 1918. Exact figures are hard to come by, but an estimated 8 million horses died during the four years of war.
Un soldado y su caballo en máscaras de gas,1918.
A soldier and his horse in gas masks, ca. 1918.
Un episodio en Valaquia, Rumania.
An episode in Walachia, Romania
Los chasseurs belgas atraviesan la ciudad de Daynze, Bélgica, en el camino de Gante para resolver la invasión alemana.
Belgian chasseurs pass through the town of Daynze, Belgium, on the way from Ghent to meet the German invasion.
Avance al oeste en
St. Quentin, Aisne, Francia. La artillería tirada por caballos
avanza a través de las posiciones británicas capturadas el 26 de marzo
de 1918.
The breakthrough west of St. Quentin, Aisne, France. Artillery drawn by horses advances through captured British positions on March 26, 1918.
Un caballo de tiro atado a un poste, su socio acaba de morir por la metralla, 1916.
A draft horse hitched to a post, its partner just killed by shrapnel, 1916.
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These homing pigeons are doing much to save the lives of our boys in France. They act as efficient messengers and dispatch bearers not only from division to division and from the trenches to the rear but also are used by our aviators to report back the results of their observation.
Belgian Army pigeons. Homing pigeon stations were set up behind the front lines, the pigeons themselves sent forward, to return later with messages tied to their legs.
Two soldiers with motorbikes, each with a wicker basket strapped to his back. A third man is putting a pigeon in one of the baskets. In the background there are two mobile pigeon lofts and a number of tents. The soldier in the middle has the grenade badge of the Royal Engineers over the chevrons which show he is a sergeant.
A message is attached to a carrier pigeon by British troops on the Western Front, 1917. One of France's homing pigeons, named Cher Ami, was awarded the French "Croix de Guerre with Palm" for heroic service delivering 12 important messages during the Battle of Verdun.
The feline mascot of the light cruiser HMAS Encounter, peering from the muzzle of a 6-inch gun.
General Kamio, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army at the formal entry of Tsing-Tau, December, 1914. The use of horses was vital to armies around the world during World War I.
Belgian refugees leaving Brussels, their belongings in a wagon pulled by a dog, 1914.
Australian Camel Corps going into action at Sharia near Beersheba, in December of 1917. The Colonel and many of these men were killed an hour or so afterward.
On the Western Front, a dead German artilleryman and several draft horses, 1918. Exact figures are hard to come by, but an estimated 8 million horses died during the four years of war.
A soldier and his horse in gas masks, ca. 1918.
An episode in Walachia, Romania
Belgian chasseurs pass through the town of Daynze, Belgium, on the way from Ghent to meet the German invasion.
The breakthrough west of St. Quentin, Aisne, France. Artillery drawn by horses advances through captured British positions on March 26, 1918.
Un caballo de tiro atado a un poste, su socio acaba de morir por la metralla, 1916.A draft horse hitched to a post, its partner just killed by shrapnel, 1916.