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
"On 20 March [1915] a snow storm breaks over us with a ferocity found only in glacial regions. Every forward movement ceases; no wounded can be evacuated; entire lines of riflemen are covered [as] with a white cloth. The icy ground, sanded smooth by the storm, is impassable; digging in is impossible; the infantry stands without cover and unable to move in front of the enemy's defensive works; the artillery is several days' marching behind."
Excerpt from the writings of Colonel George Veith of the Austro-Hungarian Third Army on the fighting to relieve the Russian siege of Przemyśl, Austria-Hungary's great fortress in Galicia. At the same time Veith was writing, horses were butchered for food within the city, and Austro-Hungarian soldiers — destined for death or Russian POW camps — were ransacking the city.
The First World War: Germany and Austria Hungary 1914-1918 by Holger H. Herwig, page 137, copyright © 1997 Holger H. Herwig, publisher: Arnold, publication date: 1997
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