Arrival at Lisboa - Santa Apolónia Railway station, in Portugal, of a train transporting the 15th Infantry Battalion, who later embarked in a ship destined to Africa. The objective was to reinforce the military presence in the portugueses colonies on Africa, especially Angola and Mozambique, due to the beginning of the First World War.
This image was published on the Ilustração Portuguesa magazine No. 447 (II Series), of the 14th September 1914, scanned by the Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Joshua_Benoliel" class="extiw" title="w:en:Joshua Benoliel"><span title="Portuguese photojournalist (1873-1932)">Joshua Benoliel</span></a>
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