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Burying soldier who cut barbed wire defence of Adrianople (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 9 older comments, and then…
• Ks of W said:

  What happens with the bottle of wine?

• Christopher Fischer said:

  Hardcore image.

• Elizabeth Thomsen said:

  You can read some contemporary accounts here: Philip Gibbs:: The Siege of Adrianople, 1912 New York Times articles

• In Memoriam: budderflyman said:

  This is an amazing shot.

• David Gallagher said:

  what's happening with that hole? Did they put him in there standing up?

Siege artillery arriving before Adrianople (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  Adrianople is an anglicized form of Hadrianopolis, a city currently in Turkey and known as Edirne.. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrianople See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria#The_Kingdom_of_Bulgaria for historical context about the Balkan Wars fought over territory in this area.

• The Library of Congress said:

  Thanks for the information about the place name. We'll add it to the source data and reload the description.

• Harry Angstrom said:

  In the Balkan Wars this area of Thrace was fought over: the Battle of Adrianople: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adrianople_(1913) the Wars: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_wars

Czar Ferdinand studying map before Adrianople (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Nathan Adams said:

  Ferdinand was czar of Bulgaria from 1908-1918. www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FerdiBul.html

• swanq said:

  Adrianople is in the area between Bulgaria and Turkey over which the Balkan Wars of 1912-13 were fought. See www.jcanu.hpg.ig.com.br/history/h4sep/bulgamil.htm

• The Library of Congress said:

  Thanks for your additional information. We will add it to the source data and reload the description.