Zweibund — the Dual Alliance — Germany and Austria-Hungary united, were the core of the Central Powers, and here join hands. The bars of Germany's flag border the top left, and those of the Habsburg Austrian Empire and ruling house the bottom right.
Schulter an SchulterUntrennbar vereintin Freud und in Leid!'Shoulder to shoulderInseparably united in joy and in sorrow!
"February 17th. [1915] — As wet as ever again. Two platoons of Canadians had been attached overnight to A Company. They took into the trench bagpipes which they played in the afternoon, much to the disturbance of the siesta of A Company's officers and to the mystification of the Germans, who kept shouting across at night : 'Are you the Jocks?' 'Are you the bloody Welch?'"
Entry for February 17, 1915 from the writings — diaries, letters, and memoirs — of Captain J.C. Dunn, Medical Officer of the Second Battalion His Majesty's Twenty-Third Foot, The Royal Welch Fusiliers. Canada ultimately supplied four divisions — the Canadian Corps — to serve on the Western Front, originating with the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). 'Jock' is slang for a Scot.
The War the Infantry Knew 1914-1919 by Captain J.C. Dunn, pp. 115, 116, copyright © The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1987, publisher: Abacus (Little, Brown and Company, UK), publication date: 1994
Canada, Canadian Army, 1915-02-17, 1915, February, Canadian Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force, CEF
