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!
"On the 6th October the Austro-German forces opened their carefully prepared campaign against Serbia, beginning the passage of the Danube and the Save the next day. On the 7th October, King Constantine of Greece definitely refused to intervene on behalf of Serbia, and M. Venizelos resigned and was replaced by M. Zaimis. On the 14th October, Bulgaria declared war on Serbia and advanced into Macedonia. On the 15th, Great Britain and, on the 16th, France declared war on Bulgaria.In consequence of these events, M. Delcassé, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, resigned and brought about, on the 29th, the fall of the Viviani Cabinet. M. Briand succeeded to the Presidency of the Council, with General Galliéni as Minister of War."
October 1915 extended the Entente Allies' disastrous year that included disappointments for the French in the Second and Third Battles of Artois and the First and Second Battles of Champagne, for the British at Neuve Chapelle and Loos, for both countries in the Dardanelles, for Russia in the long months of retreat after the May 2nd launch of the Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive, for their new ally Italy in the First, Second, and Third Battles of the Isonzo. The Franco-British landing at Salonica bordered on being an invasion of Greece, opened a new battle front, and did nothing to stop the German, Austro-Hungarian, and Bulgarian overrunning of Serbia. The military, governments, the press, and the public looked for change and identification of those responsible.
Military Operations France and Belgium, 1915, Vol. II, Battles of Aubers Ridge, Festubert, and Loos by J. E. Edmonds, pp. 405, 406, copyright © asserted, publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited, publication date: 1928
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