Alexander von Krobatin, Hungarian Minister of War
Image text: Exzellenz Krobatin, Ungarischer Kriegsminister5536 and LogoPhot. Frankl FriedenauReverse:Message dated August 28, 1916Postmarked August 29, 1916, Nr. 278??? Feldpost labelPruissiches; ? Kompagnie; Landst.[rumm] Inf. Batl.
The rescue of the crew of the Italian battleship Amalfi, July 7, 1915, sunk by Austrian submarine U-26. The submarine was German submarine UB-14, but, because Italy and Germany were not at war, sailed under as an Austro-Hungarian vessel. From a painting by Harry Heusser, 1915. The message on the reverse was written March 22, 1916, and the card postmarked from Vienna the same day.
Image text: Text:Harry Heusser 1915Reverse:Offizielle Postkarte des Österreichischen Flottenvereines zu Gunsten des Kriegsfürsorgeamtes, des Kriegshilfsbüros und des Roten KreuzesHarry Heusser: Rettung der Bemannung des ital. Panzerkreuzers AmalfiOfficial postcard of the Austrian Fleet Association for the benefit of the War Welfare Agency, the War Aid agencies, and the Red Cross.Harry Heusser: rescue of the crew of the Italian armored cruiser Amalfi.
Food supplies in the French trenches. A Susini tobacco / cigarette card.
Image text: En las trincheras Francesas-llevando viveresIn the French trenches - carrying food suppliesReverse:No. 1267La Guerra EuropeaPostal para la colección Del NuevoAlbum UniversalObsequio de SusiniNo. 1267The European WarPostcard for the new collectionUniversal AlbumGift from Susini
A large German bomber, capable of bombing England. The plane is powered by two engines, and holds a crew of three with a pilot and front and rear gunners. The plane is likely a Gotha bomber, originally built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik, then built under license by Siemens-Schukert Werke and Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (LVG). Note the ground crew pushing on the lower wing and the men holding the tail up as the plane is moved backwards. Sanke postcard number 1040.
Image text: Deutsches Riesen-Flugzeug(Englandflieger)1040Postkartenvertrieb W. SankeBerlin No. 37Nachdruck wird gerichtlich verfolgtGerman giant aircraft(England flyer)1040Postcard distributor W. SankeBerlin No. 37Reproduction will be prosecuted
War or early post-war photograph of the Belleau Wood American Cemetery. The American assault by U.S Marines and Army infantry to take Belleau Wood began on June 6, 1918 against well-entrenched German defenders. The battle continued for three weeks. The Marine casualties were 113 officers and 5,598 men killed, wounded and missing; the Army 9th and 23rd Infantry lost 65 officers and 3,496 men.
Image text: Belleau Wood Amer Cemetary
"All present except the Royal Hungarian Premier hold the belief that a purely diplomatic success, even if it ended with a glaring humiliation of Serbia, would be worthless and that therefore such stringent demands must be addressed to Serbia, that will make a refusal almost certain, so that the road to a radical solution by means of a military action should be opened." ((1), more)
"The same day [July 7, 1915] the disaster many feared occurred in the northern Adriatic. That morning Cagni sent the large armored cruiser Amalfi, escorted by only two torpedo boats, to support a sweep by Italian destroyers. The Amalfi was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine UB14, the first naval disaster of the war for the Italians. The small submarine had only just been assembled at Pola, and a week after sinking the Amalfi it left for Aegean waters. Her commander, Oberleutnant zur See von Heimburg, and all the officers and men, save for a single Austrian officer embarked as a pilot, were German. Germany and Italy were not yet officially at war, however, and would not be for another year, and the submarine had the Austrian designation U.26." ((2), more)
"— Out of 192 former students at the Teachers' Training College who were commissioned as second-lieutenants in the infantry, 110 have been killed.. . . — The communiqués are printed with all the devices of the compositor—bold type, underlining—which leaves our defeats inconspicuous, while throwing our successes into prominence. Anybody who reads them quickly, simply fails to notice the defeats. How convenient it is!" ((3), more)
"That night, a large throng assembled at London Fields. From there, they marched through the streets of Hackney, smashing store fronts. Several butchers' shops, bearing such names as Strumm and Wenninger, were looted. Breaking into one house, the mob heaped bedding, a piano, and other furniture in the middle of the street and set it ablaze. Harassed constables were rushed to five different places in Tottenham, where the homes and business places of naturalized aliens were attacked. In the Highgate district, two baker's shops were wrecked with stones. Violence flared anew two nights later. The property of foreigners, not always German, was heavily damaged in various districts. At one place, the crowd numbered five thousand." ((4), more)
"The individual soldiers are very good. They are healthy, vigorous, and physically well developed men of ages ranging from 18 to 28, who at present lack only necessary training to make them redoubtable opponents. The troops are fresh and full of straightforward confidence. A remark of one of the prisoners is indicative of their spirit: 'We kill or get killed.' . . .Only a few of the troops are of pure American origin; the majority is of German, Dutch, and Italian parentage, but these semi-Americans, almost all of whom were born in America and have never been in Europe, fully feel themselves to be true-born sons of their country." ((5), more)
(1) Excerpt from the summary of the morning session of the July 7, 1914 meeting of the Austro-Hungarian Council of Ministers for Common Affairs, chaired by Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Berchtold. The protocol was kept by the Secretary of the legation and Chief of the Cabinet Count Hoyos. Also present were Imperial and Royal President of the Council of Ministers Count Stürgkh, the Royal Hungarian Premier Count Tisza, Imperial and Royal Joint Minister for Finances Ritter von Biliňski, Imperial and Royal Minister of War F.Z.M. Ritter von Krobatin, the Imperial and Royal Chief of the General Staff G. d. I. Baron von Conrad, the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Rear-Admiral von Kailer.The subjects of the Council were 'Bosnian concerns' and 'diplomatic action against Serbia.' By July 14, Tisza, the Hungarian Premier, had joined this meeting's unanimous approval of war against Serbia.
July, 1914; the Outbreak of the First World War; Selected Documents by Imanuel Geiss (Editor), page 86, copyright © 1967 Imanuel Geiss, publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, publication date: 1967
(2) On July 7, 1915, as Italian Vice Admiral Thaon di Revel made plans to occupy Austro-Hungarian islands in the Adriatic, Italian Rear Admiral Umberto Cagni ordered a naval force to clear the sea of enemy ships. Flying the Austrian flag, the German submarine left Pola, Austria-Hungary's primary port, and sank Amalfi with the loss of 67 men of a crew of 685. Sailing to the Aegean would put the Austro-German submarine in position to target Allied transport and naval support for the Gallipoli invasion.
A Naval History of World War I by Paul G. Halpern, page 148, copyright © 1994 by the United States Naval Institute, publisher: UCL Press, publication date: 1994
(3) Entries from July 6 to 10, 1916 from the diary of Michel Corday, a French senior civil servant.
The Paris Front: an Unpublished Diary: 1914-1918 by Michel Corday, pp. 181, 182, copyright © 1934, by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., publication date: 1934
(4) The early afternoon of Saturday, July 7, 1917 saw the second Gotha raid on London, one of twenty-one Gotha bombers that dropped 81 bombs, many extending in a line from Shoreditch on the north to London Bridge Station to the south. In the raid, 57 were killed, and 193 wounded. There was virtually no defense against the planes which came in daylight, and delivered bombs with far greater accuracy than the Zeppelins that had troubled the city in the two previous years. Londoners felt helpless against the bombers, and saw little response to protect them. Ninety-five British aircraft attempted to stop the bombers or pursued them on their flight back to Belgium, but shot down only one bomber, though four more crashed on landing.
The Sky on Fire by Raymond H. Fredette by Raymond H. Fredette, pp. 80–81, copyright © 1966, 1976, 1991 by Raymond H. Fredette, publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press, publication date: 1991
(5) Excerpt from an official German report on American prisoners of the Second US Infantry Division (5th, 6th, 9th, and 23rd Regiments) captured in the Bouresches sector between June 5 and 14, 1918.
The Great Events of the Great War in Seven Volumes by Charles F. Horne, Vol. VI, 1918, pp. 207–208, copyright © 1920 by The National Alumnia, publisher: The National Alumni, publication date: 1920
