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The windmill to the left most likely is the 'Overveerpolder', near the 'Warmonderhek' in Warmond. Not far away from the 'Schuttersveld', military parade ground in Leiden. This particular windmill ceased to exist around 1930. Almost the same picture, in a lesser quality, can be found in the archives of the Dutch Windmill Database Organisation ( www.molendatabase.nl ). See at their website in the section of 'Database van verdwenen molens in Nederland' under 'DB nr' # 3536 to convince yourself. (this information has been made available by the help of mr L. Middelkoop of the Dutch Windmill Database)

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Italian Unicycle Corps invades Austria.

Bersaglieri . . . . with folding bikes . . .

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Italian Bersaglieri at the beginning of WW1 (1915 for Italy) when they were still wearing their traditional leather hat with feathers even in the field, later they were issued with French Adrian helmets, adorned with the traditional feathers.

this is probably a bersagliere, belonging to a very mobile offensive italian corp created by Luigi Camillo Natali before WWI. Later, they moved from bikes to motorcycles. One of the most famous (if not THE most famous) bersaglieri was Enrico Toti: a great cyclist, he lost a leg but decided to take part in WWI anyway, riding his bike with just one leg. When his battalion was attacked, he responded to the attack. He was wounded several times in a row, and threw his crutches at the enemy screaming "Non muoro io" (I won't die). He died at Monfalcone in 1916.

looks like they are having fun, except for the soldier on the left