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
"During the evening we saw to our surprise companies of cavalrymen returning to Buchach; their oboz followed them. Some of the wounded told us there had been a severe counter-attack and certain sectors of the Russian Front Line had been forced to withdraw. We listened in consternation. Withdraw! Does that mean retreat? We asked first one man, then another, but no one knew what had happened. Our doctors thought it wise to despatch all our wounded to Dzurin. After they had left we felt better; at least one great responsibility had been lifted from our shoulders. As far as we were concerned, we must remain at our posts. We finished cleaning the rooms and then, all very tired, we decided to retire. The divans were hard and pillowless, but they provided makeshift beds."
Florence Farmborough, an English nurse serving with the Russian Red Cross, writing on June 11, 1916 (May 29 Old Style) as Russia's Brusilov Offensive continued. The next day, Farmborough hears reports that German troops had arrived to support the Austro-Hungarian front. Austro-Hungarian Commander-in-Chief Conrad von Hötzendorf had also begun to redeploy two divisions from his Asiago Offensive in northern Italy to face the Russians.
Nurse at the Russian Front, a Diary 1914-18 by Florence Farmborough, page 197, copyright © 1974 by Florence Farmborough, publisher: Constable and Company Limited, publication date: 1974
1916-06-11, 1916, June,
