Postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiser Franz Joseph, in the Secessionist style. Kaiser Wilhelm is wearing the uniform and shako of the Death's Head Hussars.
Völkerkrieg (people's war)1914; In Treue FestPeople's WarFirm in Loyalty
"By the evening of the 17th August these [seven German] Armies were concentrated, ready to move, on a long front extending from the fortress of Strasbourg to the Dutch frontier north of Liège. This front ran through Sarrebourg, Metz and Thionville; up the centre of the Duchy of Luxembourg (the neutrality of which had been violated on the 2nd August), to Liège; and to the north-west of this fortress, where the northernmost German Army, von Kluck's, was deployed facing the Belgians on the Gette."
Almost one and a half million men comprised the seven German armies with the largest army, the First with 320,000 men, being on the right wing of the German advance. On its left was the Second with 260,000. The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Armies formed the inner arm of the wheel which pivoted on Thionville north of Metz. With Liège secured, the armies were ready to advance.
Military Operations France and Belgium, 1914, Vol. I, August to October by J. E. Edmonds, page 42, copyright © Second Edition 1925, publisher: MacMillan and Co., Limited, publication date: 1925
1914-08-17, von Schlieffen Plan, Schlieffen Plan,
