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427 Ibid., 15.
428 Ibid., 18.
429 On the issue of whether Conrad had in actual fact received agreement from von Moltke regarding an
offensive beyond the Narew and to Kielce – as he repeatedly included in his verbal and written descrip-
tions after the war – became the subject of a long and vehement controversy, which was predominantly
debated by the German Imperial Archives and the Austrian War Archives. See Martin Schmitz, Verrat
am Waffenbruder ? Die Siedlice-Kontroverse im Spannungsfeld von Kriegsgeschichte und Geschicht-
spolitik, in : Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift, Vol. 67 (2008), No. 2, 385–407.
430 Moltke to Conrad 5.8.1914, cited in Schmitz, Verrat am Waffenbruder, 398.
431 Heinrich Mast, Die Aufklärungstätigkeit der österreichisch-ungarischen Kavallerie bei Kriegsbeginn
1914, in : Österreichische Militärische Zeitschrift, special issue I (1965), 12.
432 Conrad, Aus meiner Dienstzeit, Vol. IV, 877.
433 Jeřábek, Potiorek, 109.
434 The information regarding the effective strength of the Balkan forces varies significantly. Overall, the
numbers given in the Austrian literature were, however, adjusted downwards very severely. The numbers
given for the 5th Army are 80,000 men, and for the 6th Army 60,000 men (Peball). If one takes the
war structure and figures given in Österreich-Ungarns letzter Krieg, Vol. I, 62–80, as a basis, a different
picture emerges. When only the 5th and 6th Armies are counted, around 250,000 men were apparently
available. When the entire 2nd Army is added, the figure totals 340,000 men. This is supplemented by
the territorial forces, which remained the same. In actual fact, 275 battalions etc. remained in this theatre
of war. In any case, with the 1,000 men per battalion given in the General Staff records, significantly
higher totals result. The lower number levels given can as a result refer only to the pure battle numbers.
On the figures (which are different again), see also Jeřábek, Potiorek, 108.
435 Peball, Der Feldzug gegen Serbien, 22. On the campaign in detail : Österreich-Ungarns letzter Krieg
1914–1918, Vol. I (Vienna, 1930) and volume of maps.
436 Jeřábek, Potiorek, 111.
437 Ibid., 114.
438 KA, Tagebuchmanuskript Böhm-Ermolli, 2.
439 Ibid., 7.
440 Mitrović, Serbia’s Great War, 67.
441 Ibid., 69.
442 On this commission : Wolfgang Doppelbauer, Zum Elend noch die Schande. Das altösterreichische
Offizierskorps am Beginn der Republik (= Militärgeschichtliche Dissertationen Österreichischer Uni-
versitäten 9, Vienna, 1988). Giesl’s report in KA, Kommissionsakten B72/19.
443 KA, Tagebuch Zanantoni, 256.
444 KA, Böhm-Ermolli Tagebuchmanuskript, 16.
445 KA, Kriegspressequartier, 169. On reporting restrictions and the effectiveness of the War Press Bu-
reau, see also in detail : Petronilla Ehrenpreis. Kriegs- und Friedensziele im Diskurs. Regierung und
deutschsprachige Öffentlichkeit Österreich-Ungarns während des Ersten Weltkriegs (= Wiener Schrif-
ten zur Geschichte der Neuzeit, Vol. 3, Innsbruck, 2005), here esp. 68–106.
446 KA, AOK, Op. Fasz. 679, Tagebuch AOK, 23.7.–27.8.1914.
447 HHStA, PA I, Box 499, geh. XLVII, 2b, Telegr. Berchtold to Giesl No. 9, 20.8.1914.
448 Ibid., geh. XLVII, 2, Telegram from Giesl to Berchtold, 21.8.1914.
449 KA, Marterer Tagebuch, No.2, 6.8.1914.
450 KA, Manuskripte zur Geschichte des Weltkriegs, Manuskripte Regenauer : Balkan 23 und 36.
451 Ibid., 37.
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1914 – 1918
- Titel
- THE FIRST WORLD WAR
- Untertitel
- and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1914 – 1918
- Autor
- Manfried Rauchensteiner
- Verlag
- Böhlau Verlag
- Ort
- Wien
- Datum
- 2014
- Sprache
- englisch
- Lizenz
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-205-79588-9
- Abmessungen
- 17.0 x 24.0 cm
- Seiten
- 1192
- Kategorien
- Geschichte Vor 1918
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1 On the Eve 11
- 2 Two Million Men for the War 49
- 3 Bloody Sundays 81
- 4 Unleashing the War 117
- 5 ‘Thank God, this is the Great War!’ 157
- 6 Adjusting to a Longer War 197
- 7 The End of the Euphoria 239
- 8 The First Winter of the War 283
- 9 Under Surveillance 317
- 10 ‘The King of Italy has declared war on Me’ 355
- 11 The Third Front 383
- 12 Factory War and Domestic Front, 1915 413
- 13 Summer Battle and ‘Autumn Swine’ 441
- 14 War Aims and Central Europe 469
- 15 South Tyrol : The End of an Illusion (I) 497
- 16 Lutsk :The End of an Illusion (II) 521
- 17 How is a War Financed ? 555
- 18 The Nameless 583
- 19 The Death of the Old Emperor 607
- 20 Emperor Karl 641
- 21 The Writing on the Wall 657
- 22 The Consequences of the Russian February Revolution 691
- 23 Summer 1917 713
- 24 Kerensky Offensive and Peace Efforts 743
- 25 The Pyrrhic Victory : The Breakthrough Battle of Flitsch-Tolmein 769
- 26 Camps 803
- 27 Peace Feelers in the Shadow of Brest-Litovsk 845
- 28 The Inner Front 869
- 29 The June Battle in Veneto 895
- 30 An Empire Resigns 927
- 31 The Twilight Empire 955
- 32 The War becomes History 983
- Epilogue 1011
- Afterword 1013
- Acknowledgements and Dedication 1019
- Notes 1023
- Selected Printed Sources and Literature 1115
- Index of People and Places 1155