Images Dated 12th April 2004

Cave art paintings, prehistoric discovery

A cave painting of small brown and red stags with horses, composed in Greek style, between two large black bull heads. Cave art discoveries in the Dordogne were by the Aurignacians who sought refuge in the latter part of the Glacial Age, 20000 years ago

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Blown-up bridge in Warsaw

A bridge over the Vistula at Warsaw, blown up by the Russians in their retreat through Poland. In May 1915, the combined forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany attacked the Russian army at Gorlice forcing the poorly-equipped Russians to retreat through Galicia and then Poland. As well as around 3/4 million Russian prisoners, the advance of the German army also made refugees of around 10 million

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An airman who won the V.C

Captain John Aidan Liddell of 3rd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Royal Flying Corps who won the Victoria Cross after safely flying and landing his reconnaissance plane despite suffering severe wounds half an hour earlier. His broken leg was subsequently amputated

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