The small horns decorating the Feldjäger’s caps were certainly worn by the KuK Landwehr units as well. There is a lot of direct evidence for this. Wearing photos and, as [ … ]
Month: October 2023
25th 30,5 cm mortar battery
Relatively little can be known about the units of the terrifying and mysterious giant 30,5 cm Skoda mortar. These cannons were operated mostly by the fortress artillery regiments. During the [ … ]
Defense of Hermada during Summer 1917
The regiments of the 35th Division served on the Russian front in the first half of the Great War. In 1917, they were transferred to the Isonzo Front. In the [ … ]
HIR 307
The regiment was organized d in the spring of 1915 in Transylvania. Together with the 306th honvéd infantry regiment, they formed the 202nd honvéd infantry brigade until 1917. This brigade [ … ]
October 1917: the “Wonder of Caporetto”
Towards the end of the 1917 war year, all warring parties reached the limits of their tolerance. The effort over the years, both on the fronts and in the hinterland, [ … ]
Reifenberg castle
Reifenberg is a small village on the eastern side of the Karst plateau (Branik since 1955). During the great battles between 1915-1917, it was an important logistics center behind the [ … ]
KTD 10
Four hussar regiments belonged to the 10th Cavalry Division. In the winter of 1914, great uncertainty prevailed in the Monarchy’s army regarding the use of cavalry in the war. The [ … ]