Marching with Long Bayonets

Russian regulars on the march trough Galicia

American picture (made by a photographer of Underwood & Underwood). The original caption reads:

The Russian infantry is famous for close fighting with the bayonet, which is made a part of the gun and cannot be removed. The faces of the men are a distincively Slavic type. They are patient, enduring, brave, and fight with a stubborn tenacity which has wrecked the hopes of every general in history who attempted the invasion and conquest of their territory.

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