Austrian Mountain Rangers 'resting in the shade of southern flora' on the Italian front. The card was postmarked from Berlin on January 5, 1916.
Reverse:Vom Italienischen KriegsschauplatzRast im Schallen der südlichen Flora.From the Italian frontRest in the shade of southern flora.
"— The 2nd. The Germans have fallen back to a depth of one thousand yards on a front twelve miles in length, surrendering the line of the Ailette. But the outburst of enthusiasm in the Press has been cooled down by a recent Italian retreat (there is mention of 200,000 prisoners, and it is not known whether the Italians will stand firm on the Tagliamento)."
Entry for November 2, 1917 from the diary of Michel Corday, French senior civil servant. The French October 23, 1917 Malmaison Offensive, named for an old fort retaken by the French in the attack, ended with a German retreat and the capture of the heights of Chemin des Dames, between Soissons and Reims. The next day, joint German and Austro-Hungarian forces struck the unprepared Italian Second Army, collapsing the Italian Front in northeast Italy, and driving the Italians back across the Isonzo River, the border between the two belligerents, and the Tagliamento River.
The Paris Front: an Unpublished Diary: 1914-1918 by Michel Corday, page 288, copyright © 1934, by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., publication date: 1934
1917-11-02, 1917, November, Ailette, Tagliamento, Austro-Hungarian Ranger
