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Russian troops maneuver to outflank Turks in the Caucasus Campaign of World War I
Slate reads: "Russian troops turning the Turkish flank," in World War 1. They are seen massed on a snowy plain in the Caucasus. Then, led by mounted officers, they march along a muddy path in the snow. Next they are seen moving in a very long single file column, through snow covered landscape. Large numbers of Turkish prisoners of war move past the camera in a town and march along a snowy path. Occasional armed Russian soldiers are seen by the prisoners. Russian troops place supplies in a sledge. They are seen transporting soldiers and supplies in bullock carts and sleds drawn by cattle. They employ Bactrian camels that are able to withstand the extreme cold. They move a herd of camels through a village and up a steep mountain road. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Russian troops advance in the Caucasus region in World War I; Turkish prisoners seen under Russian guard; Bactrian camels transport equipment.
Opening slate says "How the Russian troops are turning the Turkish flank." World War 1 footage shows Russian forces on a snowy plain in the Caucasus Mountains region between Europe and Asia. The Russian troops march in the snow and mud in a column and through snow covered areas. Turkish prisoners of war are seen in a town town and marching along a path in the snow. Armed Russian soldiers are seen near the prisoners. Russian troops place supplies in a snow sled. They are seen transporting soldiers and supplies in ox carts and sledge drawn by cattle. Bactrian camels that are able to withstand the extreme cold are seen transporting gear. The Russian forces move a herd of camels through a village and up a steep mountain road.
Circassian infantry (known as Cherkas) march in snowy mountains of Trans-Caucasia, captured Turkish Ottoman soldiers move past a building during WW1
Circassians (also known as Cherkas or Cherkess) soldiers are sent by the Russian Empire to fight Ottoman Empire troops during the Caucasus Campaign of World War 1. Soldiers from the Russian Empire, dressed in thick overcoats and fur hats, wait on the snowy plain. Behind the soldiers are various military supplies, vehicles and artillery. Circassian soldiers of the Russian Empire march along muddy road, with cavalry in front, followed by infantry. Cherkas infantry soldiers, carrying bayonetted rifles, marching in a single file in the snow. Cherkas infantry soldiers move across a snowy landscape. Turkish Ottoman prisoners-of-war are made to march past a building, march in the snow.
Circassian soldiers load supplies on sled, ox carts and Bactrian camels during WW1
Circassians (also known as Cherkas or Cherkess) soldiers are sent by the Russian Empire to fight Ottoman Empire troops during the Caucasus Campaign of World War 1. Wounded Cherkas soldiers, one with his arm in a sling, step onto a sled, aided by a medic. Oxen pull sleds loaded with wounded Cherkas soldiers in the snow. Bactrian camels led by Cherkas infantry carry supplies through a village and in the snowy mountains.
Turkish soldiers killed during the Battle of Sarikamish in World War I
Frozen bodies of numerous dead Turkish soldiers line a mountain road in Sarikamish. They fell victim to the opposing Russian Forces and the severe cold weather, during the World War 1, Caucasus Campaign Battle of Sarikamish (part of Russian Armenia at that time).