Postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiser Franz Joseph, in the Secessionist style. Kaiser Wilhelm is wearing the uniform and shako of the Death's Head Hussars.
Völkerkrieg (people's war)1914; In Treue FestPeople's WarFirm in Loyalty
"The Russian offensive is general all along the line. There is violent fighting from the confluence of the Bzura, which joins the Vistula 60 kilometres above Warsaw, to the source of the San, i.e., the western chain of the Carpathians. The front of attack thus measures more than four hundred kilometres.The transport movements which have preceded this vast operation have been carried out with the most perfect skill and organization.Simultaneously the Russian troops have gained a brilliant success between Augustov and Suvalki on the frontier of East Prussia."
Entry from the memoirs of Maurice Paléologue, French Ambassador to Russia, for Thursday, October 8, 1914. With Russia fully mobilized, Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander of the Russian Army, had prepared a massive offensive.
An Ambassador's Memoirs Vol. I by Maurice Paléologue, page 164, publisher: George H. Doran Company, publication date: 1925
Maurice Paléologue, Paléologue, October, 1914, 1914-10-08
