Conrad von Hötzendorf, Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff, Vienna, 1914. By the end of that year he had lost as many as one million men, much of his country's rolling stock, and the northeastern region of Galicia. His forces had also been defeated by Serbia three times.
Generalstabschef Conrad von HötzendorfChief of the General Staff Conrad von HötzendorfCh. Skolik jun.Wien, 1914I. Wallfischg. 11Reverse:Postkartenverlad Brüder Kohn Wien I
"The crime of Serejevo arouses the most acute resentment in Austrian military circles, and among all those who are not content to allow Servia to maintain in the Balkans the position which she has acquired."
M. Dumaine, French Ambassador at Vienna to M. René Viviani, President of the Council, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Collected Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War, page 144, publisher: His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, publication date: 1915
French Ambassador, Vienna, Viviani, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Conrad