The three pictures below are believed to be showing men from the replacement battalion of KuK IR63 some time in 1915 during departure to the front.
Source: https://arhivelenationale.culturalspot.org/browse/63
Source: https://arhivelenationale.culturalspot.org/browse/63
Some correspondence from the front...
Thanks to Patrick Taffe we got translation of the postcard sent by "Leutnant J.Doleschal" of KuK IR 63 to Vienna on December 14, 1914:
13. Dezember 1914
Zu mir hat noch nicht ein Kärtchen den Weg gefunden. Heute regnet es. In den letzten Tagen hatten wir Angriffe der R., die wir fest aushalten. Herzliche Sonntagsgrüße von deinem (?)
Grüße an deine Eltern!
13 December, 1914
No post has found its way to me yet. Today it is raining. In the last days we had attacks from the R. [Russians, presumably], which we firmly withstand. A heartfelt Sunday greeting from your [Obscured by stamp, presumed "Herr Leutnant"]
Greetings to your parents!
13. Dezember 1914
Zu mir hat noch nicht ein Kärtchen den Weg gefunden. Heute regnet es. In den letzten Tagen hatten wir Angriffe der R., die wir fest aushalten. Herzliche Sonntagsgrüße von deinem (?)
Grüße an deine Eltern!
13 December, 1914
No post has found its way to me yet. Today it is raining. In the last days we had attacks from the R. [Russians, presumably], which we firmly withstand. A heartfelt Sunday greeting from your [Obscured by stamp, presumed "Herr Leutnant"]
Greetings to your parents!
KuK troops taken captive by US 33rd Inf Div. Thanks for sharing this picture with us Hellar!
Austro-Hungarian troops on the Western Front, according to period caption.
Austro-Hungarian POWs captured by American forces. Fragments of US newsreel. "Battle of St. Mihiel" September 1918.
