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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
CITIES and VILLAGES
ENJOYMENTS and PAINS
SERBIA
page 2
Serbia
The remnants of an army, Serbia, 1915
Les ombres de l'armée, Serbe, 1915.
Print shows several Serbian soldiers marching through the snow in a mountainous area in Serbia.
Tchernoff, Sampson, photographer
1918 ?
Illus. in: La guerre de cinq ans - Les Serbes in 1912-1916 par Sampson Tchernoff :
The five-years war - The Serbs in 1912-1916 by Sampson Tchernoff.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
The Serbian Army crossing Tchakor, 1915
L'Armée Serbe traversant Tchakor, 1915.
Tchernoff, Sampson, photographer
1918 ?
Illus. in: La guerre de cinq ans - Les Serbes in 1912-1916 par Sampson Tchernoff :
The five-years war - The Serbs in 1912-1916 by Sampson Tchernoff.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Lost in the snow! 1915
Egarés dans les neiges! 1915.
Tchernoff, Sampson, photographer
Illus. in: La guerre de cinq ans - Les Serbes in 1912-1916 par Sampson Tchernoff :
The five-years war - The Serbs in 1912-1916 by Sampson Tchernoff.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Everything destroyed and burnt.
Men only remained
Tout était déruit et incendié. Les hommes seuls restaient
Photograph shows men and horses marching along a snowy road, probably in Albania
1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
The remnants of the Serbian Armies at Tchakor
Les restants des Armées Serbes à Tchakor
Photograph shows soldiers leading their houses across a snowy mountain landscape,
probably in Albania.
1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
The town of Corfu on the Island of Corfu, off the Albanian coast on the Adriatic.
This was the end of Serbia's "Road of Sorrow".
To this port the remnants of the Serbian army retreated for reorganization in 1915-16,
followed by 30,000 young boys.
Most of them died along the way and 2,000 perished in this town.
A small steamer put out of this port each night with an average of 100 bodies abaord.
They were dumped into the sea as graves could not be dug fast enough
9 December 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Serbian Army, after the retreat thru Albania.
Serbian cholera patient "Island of Vido," Quarantine Island
January 1916
Photographer : Mr. Douglas Durant, 14 Juin 18..
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Stars and Stripes in Dalmatia.
Some 60,000 Serbs,
who had emigrated to America, returned during the war to fight for their motherland.
This shows a Serb outpost in Dalmatia manned by volunteers from Gebo, Wyoming.
Many of these American Serbs have been demobilized and are being helped
to return to their adopted country by the American Red Cross
30 October 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Kings Guard of Serbia.
In Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, the most important state in the new kingdom of Jugo-Slavia, the Kings Guard of the old regime still holds forth.
A detachment is coming away from the palace on the right.
The home of Prince Regent Alexander, and now the Jugo-Slavia Parliament
17 September 1920
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
An ammunition transport at Gramada, 1915
Transport de munitions à Gramada, 1915.
Tchernoff, Sampson, photographer
Illus. in: La guerre de cinq ans - Les Serbes in 1912-1916 par Sampson Tchernoff :
The five-years war - The Serbs in 1912-1916 by Sampson Tchernoff.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Serbian soldiers, note the snow and the absence of an overcoat
14 February 1919
Photographer : ARC. Comm. to Serbia
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Transportation in southern Serbia
14 February 1919
Photographer : ARC. Comm. to Serbia
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Serbian Cavalryman, Batch
1919
Photographer : ARC Paris Office, Lt. P.J.; photo by American Red Cross, 1919
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Serbian soldier;
in rear is Valley of the Vardar
10 March 1919
Photographer : ARC
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Serbian Infantrymen.
These troops did splendid work during the offensive on the Balkan front in September
March 1919
Photographer : ARC
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Starved Italian Prisoners of War Rescued by Serbs from Bulgaria.
Just arrived at Base Hospital
September 1918
Photographer : ARC
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Zeitenlik.
Temporary hospital, No. 9
February 1918
Photographer : French Official
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
American Red Cross Balkan Survey.
Refugees on top of a box car, exposed to all kinds of weather, returning to their homes.
Strumitza
December 1918
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
This cavalcades of twenty teams of water buffalo is on the way from a station on the main railroad of the Salonica-Mitrovitza railroad to the town of Prizren in Western Serbia.
The distance is thirty miles but the water buffalo take two days and two nights, the convoyers eating and sleeping by the roadside.
The leading wagon always carries wood for the fires at night.
The road shown here was built by the German and Austrian armies during their occupation.
They expected to remain in this part of the country a long time.
Their road-building has been an immense help to the Serbians in reconstruction
24 July 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Serb college life revived by Americans.
The University of Serbia, at Belgrade was hard hit by the enemy invasion.
In order that studies might be resumed this Fall the American Red Cross established a camp for students and supplemented their rations.
This shows the camp in course of construction under the direction of a Red Cross Officer
9 December 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
The house that Fritz built.
German prisoners constructing students' barracks at Belgrade, Serbia under American direction.
In order to aid the University of Serbia to open this Fall, the American Red Cross built a camp where students could live and aided the College to obtain the necessary equipment.
The University had been closed down for four years and without this American Assistance,
could not have resumed its work until 1920
9 December 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)