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A hold-to-light postcard of the German and Austro-Hungarian victory (shortlived) over the Russians in the Uzroker Pass in the Carpathians on January 28, 1915. Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff, launched an offensive with three armies on January 23 including the new Austro-Hungarian Seventh Army under General Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin.
Text:
Karpathen
Siegreiche Kämpfe am Uzroker-Paß
28. Januar 1915 
The Carpathians
Victorious fighting at the Uzroker Pass
January 28, 1915
Reverse:
Message dated and field postmarked September 7, 1916, 29th Infantry Division.

A hold-to-light postcard of the German and Austro-Hungarian victory (shortlived) over the Russians in the Uzroker Pass in the Carpathians on January 28, 1915. Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff, launched an offensive with three armies on January 23, including the new Austro-Hungarian Seventh Army under General Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin.

Image text

Karpathen

Siegreiche Kämpfe am Uzroker-Paß

28. Januar 1915



The Carpathians

Victorious fighting at the Uzroker Pass

January 28, 1915



Reverse:

Message dated and field postmarked September 7, 1916, 29th Infantry Division.

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"A hold-to-light postcard of the German and Austro-Hungarian victory (shortlived) over the Russians in the Uzroker Pass in the Carpathians on January 28, 1915. Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff, launched an offensive with three armies on January 23, including the new Austro-Hungarian Seventh Army under General Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin."

Image Text

Karpathen

Siegreiche Kämpfe am Uzroker-Paß

28. Januar 1915



The Carpathians

Victorious fighting at the Uzroker Pass

January 28, 1915



Reverse:

Message dated and field postmarked September 7, 1916, 29th Infantry Division.

Image Date

Thursday, January 28, 1915

Month, Year

January, 1915

Tags

1915-01-28, 1915, January, Carpathians, Carpathian Mountains, Uzroker Pass, gegen licht, hold-to-light, hold to light, Battle of the Passes