Postcard celebrating the fall of Belgrade, Serbia, to German and Austro-Hungarian forces under the command of Generals von Gallwitz & General Kövess v. Kövesshaza on October 9, 1915. Images of the city include the King's Palace, Terazié Square, the University, the National Theater, King Milan Street, and the city from the Save River.

Belgrad erobert von den Verbündeten am 9. Oktober 1915

General Kövess v. Kövesshaza, General von Gallwitz

Königs-Palast, Terazié, Universität, National Theater, König Milan Strasse, Belgrad von der Save



Belgrade conquered by the allies on 9 October 1915

General Kövess v. Kövesshaza, General von Gallwitz

King's Palace, Terazié, University, National Theater, King Milan Street, Belgrade from the Save

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Card postmarked Belgrade, June 6, 1918

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Friday, October 8, 1915

"[Serbian] General Živković's report of the morning of 8 October read: 'Battle is still under way; there has been no respite at all. Our troops are still attacking the enemy.' The report also states that the enemy had 'silenced our heavy armaments' in the first phase of combat, using 'over 15,000 shells of various calibre, even 30.5cm.' and then the enemy had introduced 'artillery from monitors into the battle'."

Quotation Context

The joint German and Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia began on October 6, 1915, with a heavy bombardment of the Serb capital of Belgrade and other positions along the Danube, Drina, and Save Rivers that shaped Serbia's northern border. Austria-Hungary had struck the first blow of the war on July 29, 1914 by bombarding Belgrade the day after it had declared war on Serbia. The monitors were ships on the rivers taking part in the destruction.

Source

Serbia's Great War 1914-1918 by Andrej Mitrovic, page 145, copyright © Andrej Mitrovic, 2007, publisher: Purdue University Press, publication date: 2007

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1915-10-08, 1915, October, Serbia