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!
"August 16th.—Moody is back: another asset. A German airman he met in hospital at Rouen said their game is up, Austria has let them down, but they will fight to the end: he was quite ignorant of our side of things, thought our Navy was scuppered at Jutland."
Extract from the entry for August 16, 1916 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. Captain P. Moody, one of the contributors to Dunn's book, had attempted to complete the capture of High Wood in late July and had been hit in the food. Part of the Battle of the Somme, the English attack on High Wood began July 14, but was not completed until mid-September. In June and July, the Austro-Hungarians had crumbled before Russia's Brusilov Offensive until Germany came, once again, to its ally's aid. The German military would soon assume command of the Austro-Hungarian army.
The War the Infantry Knew 1914-1919 by Captain J.C. Dunn, page 250, copyright © The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1987, publisher: Abacus (Little, Brown and Company, UK), publication date: 1994
1916-08-16, August, 1916, Battle of the Somme, Somme
