To the left, caricatures of a fallen King Albert of Belgium, Tsar Nicholas of Russia, President Poincare of France, generic (?) caricatures of an English man and a Japanese soldier, Kings Peter of Serbia, and Nikola of Montenegro engaging in a tug of war, the rope being held on the right by a German (in gray) and an Austro-Hungarian soldier. Between the teams and behind the rope stands the diminutive caped figure of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, all hat, mustache, and chin.
Das Europaische Gleichgewicht 1914The European Equilibrium, 1914
"... the Austro-Hungarian generals quite abandoned the idea of taking Belgrade by costly frontal attacks, and so they concentrated large forces, 250,000 strong, in the northwest corner of Serbia. They crossed simultaneously the rivers Drina and Save, and spread their army over a front sixty miles long. They advanced proudly into Serbia, confident that the occupation of that country was a matter of two weeks. But already some serious and bitter fighting had taken place round Shabatz, with the troops who were defending that town and the passage of the Save."
After declaring war on Serbia on July 28, Austria-Hungary bombarded Belgrade the next day and intermittently during the following two weeks. On August 12 she began an invasion of Serbia across the Save and Drina Rivers, 250,000 men under the command of General Potiorek, who, as governor of Bosnia-Herzegovina, had been host to Archduke Franz Ferdinand when he was assassinated. From a description of the Serbian victory in the Battle of the Jadar River by Vladislav Savic.
The Great Events of the Great War in Seven Volumes by Charles F. Horne, Vol. II, 1914, p. 3, copyright © 1920 by The National Alumnia, publisher: The National Alumni, publication date: 1920
Save Bridge, Belgrade, Serbia, invasion of Serbia, 1914, 1914-08-12, August
