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Blood on the Snow

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by Graydon A Tunstall


  31st, 102, 124, 125, 130, 131, 132, 139, 140, 141, 145, 166, 168, 174, 177, 192, 193, 196

  32nd, 102, 124, 127, 130–31, 132, 133, 141, 152, 158, 187, 196

  34th, 53, 60, 72, 75, 76, 78, 87, 93, 122, 124, 127, 129, 133, 140, 152, 158, 175, 187, 196

  35th, 139, 194

  36th, 67

  39th, 168

  43rd, 53, 66, 67, 70, 76, 80, 82, 84, 122, 127, 128, 132, 187, 196

  44th, 41, 61, 67, 75, 196

  45th, 90, 129, 131, 133, 145, 157, 176, 192, 195

  48th Reserve, 46

  54th, 51

  55th, 46

  See also Honvéd infantry divisions

  Habsburg infantry regiments

  Infantry Regiment 7, 138

  Infantry Regiment 12, 181

  Infantry Regiment 19, 93

  Infantry Regiment 21, 66

  Infantry Regiment 25, 193, 196

  Infantry Regiment 26, 144

  Infantry Regiment 28, 197

  Infantry Regiment 29, 53

  Infantry Regiment 33, 96, 153

  Infantry Regiment 36, 165–66

  Infantry Regiment 38, 193

  Infantry Regiment 39, 146

  Infantry Regiment 41, 141

  Infantry Regiment 42, 198

  Infantry Regiment 44, 193

  Infantry Regiment 46, 146

  Infantry Regiment 66, 97

  Infantry Regiment 68, 89, 93

  Infantry Regiment 73, 174

  Infantry Regiment 76, 174, 196

  Infantry Regiment 79, 93

  Infantry Regiment 81, 88, 90, 94, 96, 100, 205

  Infantry Regiment 88, 88, 90, 94, 96, 205

  Infantry Regiment 89, 145

  Infantry Regiment 90, 76

  Infantry Regiment 91, 174, 177

  Infantry Regiment 100, 155

  Infantry Regiment 101, 100

  Habsburg Supreme Command, 52, 79, 121, 160, 169, 203, 212

  criticism of, 11, 69, 98, 188

  decisions of, 13, 30, 34, 41, 49, 50, 52, 115, 129

  dissatisfaction of, 29, 68, 159, 165

  Fortress Przemyśl and, 9, 22, 31

  Germans and, 45, 203

  missteps of, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 29, 32, 50, 105, 155, 163, 188, 209, 211

  unit reports to, 116, 117, 118

  Hindenburg, Paul von, 16, 42, 141

  Hoffmann, Max, 202

  Hofmann, Peter Freiherr von, 41, 43. See also Habsburg Corps Hofmann

  Homonna, 153, 171–72, 178, 180, 185–86, 192

  Honvéd 11th Cavalry Division, 90

  Honvéd infantry brigades, 128, 167, 192

  Honvéd infantry divisions

  20th, 53, 71, 72, 75, 77, 81, 83, 95, 133, 176, 184

  23rd, 167

  33rd, 49, 52, 55, 65, 67, 92, 169, 173

  37th, 67, 76, 92, 94, 99, 126, 152, 169, 173, 174, 176, 177, 185, 187, 188, 192

  38th, 47, 60, 124, 125, 130, 192, 205

  40th, 55, 87, 192

  41st, 119, 121, 123, 126, 127, 133, 134, 140, 142, 144, 150, 154, 158, 170, 174, 187, 193, 196, 200, 204, 205

  42nd, 67, 98, 138, 144, 188

  51st, 201, 202

  Honvéd regiments, 142–43, 146, 167

  Hungary

  Magyarization policy of, 47, 54

  threat of Russian invasion into 7–8, 9, 12, 18, 21, 25, 36, 37, 51, 52, 57, 62, 65, 80, 91, 121, 146–47, 170–71, 178, 180, 183, 185–86, 189, 191, 194, 197, 201, 211

  troops from, 47, 51, 142

  See also Habsburg Group Szurmay; Honvéd units

  Hussar Cavalry Brigade, 1st, 55

  Italy

  declaration of war by, 211

  neutrality of, 14, 24, 28, 31, 33, 34, 35, 94, 102, 148, 199–200

  territorial demands of, 33, 34, 43–44, 46, 94, 102, 148, 154, 165, 191, 202, 204

  threat of intervention in war by, 121, 129, 138, 147, 152, 171, 199–200, 203, 205, 207

  Ivangorod, 23, 128

  Ivanov, Nikolai Yudovich, 113 (photo), 177

  criticism of, 36

  plans to invade Hungary, 18, 36, 37, 51, 62, 65, 146–47, 170, 171, 178

  strategy and decisions of, 8, 12, 24, 25, 35–37, 42, 50–51, 54, 76, 79–80, 121, 146, 170, 171, 178, 207

  Jasiel, 40–41

  Jasliska Pass, 53

  Joseph August von Alcsut, Archduke, 47, 57, 83, 104, 137, 145–46, 155–56. See also Habsburg Group Joseph

  k.u.k. (Imperial and Royal) army, 3, 6, 10, 11, 32, 67, 114, 128, 202, 209, 212

  Karl, Archduke, 43

  Kiczera, 173, 193, 201

  Kirlibaba, 51

  Kobila heights, 198, 200

  Kolomea, 119

  Kozialta, 199, 201, 206

  Kralicek, Rudolph, 44

  Kralowetz von Hohenrecht, Gottlieb, 2

  Krautwald von Annaue, Josef Freiherr, 53, 72, 100. See also Habsburg Group Krautwald

  Krobatin, Alexander von, 197

  Kundmann, Rudolf, 2, 107, 158

  Kusmanek von Burgstädten, Hermann, 22, 41, 57, 103, 160, 166–67

  Laborcz Valley, 20, 40, 42, 47, 55, 57, 74, 80, 86, 104, 127, 129, 130, 133, 141, 170–71, 181, 182, 184, 186, 187, 189, 190, 192, 194, 200, 204

  Landsturm units, 10, 13, 14, 46, 51, 57, 67, 73, 82, 92, 93, 96, 99, 100, 101, 117, 122, 128, 140, 167, 205

  1st Brigade, 175, 196, 200, 201

  13th Infantry Divisions, 158, 187

  Landwehr units, 28, 33, 98, 99, 158, 187

  LeBeau, General Aureal, 74–75

  Lemberg, battles of, 16, 128

  Letschitzki, General, 135

  Limanova-Lapanov, battle of, 24, 128, 210

  Linsingen, Alexander von, 34, 191, 193

  Lisko, 7, 34, 40, 46, 49, 52, 53, 62, 72, 84, 124–25, 146, 147

  Lopienka, 136

  Loziov, 163, 168, 169, 173–74

  Ludendorff, Erich von, 16, 30, 34, 57, 83–84, 94, 198–99

  Lupkov, 97, 105, 118, 119, 123–24, 126, 129, 138, 140, 150, 159, 203

  Lupkov Pass, 7, 8, 23, 65, 79, 82, 170

  Lutoviska, 19, 46, 49, 52, 62, 70, 78

  Mackensen, August von, 207

  Magurczyne, 133, 134, 150, 159

  Magyarization policy, 47, 54

  Manilova, 142, 143, 145, 150, 153, 159, 185

  March Battalions, 88, 90, 132, 179, 184, 187, 201

  Group Biffl, 179, 180

  March Brigades, 13, 42, 90, 96, 100, 116, 127, 132

  Marschall, General, 204

  Marwitz, General Georg von der, 194, 201, 203

  Masurian Lakes, Second Battle of the, 18, 30, 36, 61, 120, 121

  Meszoly battalion, 51, 52

  Metzger, Colonel, 124

  Mezölaborcz, 8, 42, 47, 56, 67, 80, 81–82, 90–91, 105, 117, 153, 172

  battles at, 40, 49, 51, 53, 54, 76–77, 83, 86, 88–89, 93–100, 105, 118–19, 123, 126, 129, 176, 178, 179

  Mikov Valley, 186

  Moltke, Helmuth Graf von, 83, 198

  Na Garoch-Batyce, 95, 160

  Nagyberzseny, 137

  Nicholas, Grand Duke, 121

  Oberost, 33

  Olyka Valley, 204

  Ondava Valley, 57, 80, 86, 130, 182, 186, 204, 205

  Oslava Valley, 126

  Patakujfalu, 55, 198

  Pflanzer-Baltin, Karl Freiherr von, 38, 69. See also Habsburg Group Pflanzer-Baltin

  Polonina, 168, 186, 193, 200

  Przemyśl, Fortress

  deteriorating conditions at, 31, 41, 56–57, 62, 84, 95, 103, 118–19, 129, 138, 148, 156, 165, 166–67, 175

  Habsburg attempt to liberate, 30, 40, 47, 54, 71, 91, 93, 99, 103–4, 105, 118–19, 124–27, 129, 133, 143–44, 146, 147–48, 150, 153–54, 157, 159, 161, 163–66, 167, 172–73, 176–77, 195, 212

  Habsburg failure to rescue, 160–61, 163, 164, 173

  Habsburg October 1914 liberation of, 18–20, 210

  number of troops in, 144

  pre-war condition of, 9, 21–22, 210

  Russian 1914 sieg
es of, 6, 8–9, 18, 22, 23–24, 25

  Russian 1915 offensive against, 36, 37, 40, 41, 48, 50, 70, 76, 95, 160, 190, 198

  surrender of, 133, 154, 163, 179–80, 211–12

  See also under Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz

  Puhallo von Brlog, Paul, 38, 70, 71–72. See also Habsburg Group Puhallo

  Rabe, 153

  Reininghaus, Gina von, 14

  Rhemen zu Bärnsfeld, Adolf Freiherr, 59

  Romania

  neutrality of, 14, 28, 31, 35, 102, 152, 160, 200, 207, 211

  as potential Habsburg ally, 154, 175

  territorial demands of, 202

  threat of intervention in war by, 24, 33, 35, 52, 54, 56, 59, 79–80, 121, 147, 152, 171, 178, 199–200, 202, 204, 205, 211

  Transylvania and, 44, 54, 56, 59

  Romanian troops, 34, 47, 51, 140, 205

  Russian armies

  Third, 23, 38, 42, 80, 152, 179, 207

  Eighth, 23, 24, 42, 52, 72, 75, 80, 179, 180

  Ninth, 59, 125, 135, 139, 180, 204

  Tenth, 23, 36, 120–21

  Eleventh, 22, 178

  Russian army

  casualties, 12, 170

  Dniester Group, 59

  Easter offensive, 171, 172, 180, 189, 190, 198, 200

  Fall 1914 campaigns, 15–16, 18–20, 22–26

  1914 sieges of Fortress Przemyśl, 6, 8–9, 18, 22, 23–24, 25

  1915 offensive against Fortress Przemyśl, 36, 37, 40, 41, 48, 50, 70, 76, 95, 160, 190, 198

  offensive plan against Germany, 35–36

  photos of, 110, 111

  threat to Hungary, 7–8, 9, 12, 18, 21, 25, 36, 37, 51, 52, 57, 62, 65, 80, 91, 121, 146–47, 170–71, 178, 180, 183, 185–86, 189, 191, 194, 197, 201, 211

  threat to Prussia, 120–21

  Vistula River campaign, 18, 23, 29–30, 35–36, 51

  See also Ivanov, Nikolai Yudovich

  Russian Corps, 36, 80, 136, 139

  Russian Group Uzsok, 75

  Russian High Command. See Stavka

  Russian infantry divisions, 23–24, 139, 195, 204

  Russian regiments, 143, 150, 156, 203

  Ruthenian troops, 13, 34, 140

  Sambor, 19, 50, 52, 55, 68, 73

  Sanok, 7, 34, 40, 46, 49, 52, 53, 55, 62, 72, 95, 146, 147

  San River region, 7, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 53, 62, 71, 76, 78–79, 83, 97, 103, 105, 126, 133, 145, 150, 152, 173–74, 177, 180, 186, 187, 192, 207

  Schneller, Karl, 2, 193, 202

  Schutzen Regiment 20, 99

  Sekova, 185

  Serbia, 13, 209

  defeat of Habsburg army by, 9, 24, 35, 43, 106, 128

  offensives against, 207–8, 209

  plans to attack, 15, 24, 33, 147, 175, 189–90, 200

  Siedlice, 35–36

  Siedliska group, 175

  Silesia, province of, 18, 23, 94

  Slavic troops, 13

  Slovak troops, 47

  Slovenian troops, 47

  Solinka Valley, 57, 168

  South Army

  Corps Gerok, 81

  creation of, 2, 32, 42, 45, 212

  divisions and brigades in, 46

  in early January 1915, 29–30, 38, 45, 48, 49, 52, 54–55, 56, 57, 61–62, 65

  in first offensive, 11, 67–69, 70, 73, 77, 80, 81, 83, 84, 89, 91–92, 96–97, 99, 102–5

  Germans in, 46, 57, 70, 89, 94, 102

  number of troops in, 36, 46, 105

  in second offensive, 116, 119, 125–26, 131, 144, 148, 151, 158

  3rd Garde Infantry Division, 46, 94

  in third offensive, 164, 165, 166, 168–69, 175, 181, 182, 190, 191–94, 195, 200, 201, 204, 205

  Stanislau, 104, 119

  Stary Sambor, 19, 52, 55

  Stavka (Russian High Command), 12, 18, 35, 36, 50, 51, 65, 76, 121, 135, 146, 148–49

  Straf campaign, 14

  Stryj Valley, 7, 61, 92

  Sztropko, 199, 201

  Szurmay, Sandor, 43, 44, 47, 73, 77, 89, 93, 195, 201. See also Habsburg Group Szurmay

  Takcsany, 60, 119, 130–31

  Tersztyánsky, Karl von

  second offensive and, 118, 127, 128, 129, 131, 138, 140, 145, 149, 150, 153, 156, 157–161

  third offensive and, 163–64, 172, 187, 195, 196

  See also Habsburg Group Tersztyánsky

  Tisza, Istvan, 56, 91

  Transylvania, 4, 44, 54, 56, 57, 59

  Transylvanian troops, 51

  Trollmann Freiherr von Loucenberg, Ignaz, 43

  Tschurtschentthaler, Heinrich, 41

  Turka, 19, 46, 52, 55, 61, 65, 68, 73

  Turkey, 33, 35, 102, 175, 189

  Ukranian (Ruthenian) troops, 13, 34, 140

  Ung Valley, 38, 53, 55, 74, 83, 176, 190, 192, 194, 195, 198, 199, 201, 206

  Ustrzyki Dolne, 7, 34, 40, 52, 70, 71, 79, 84, 124–25

  Ustrzyki Górne, 48, 49, 55, 57, 59

  Uzsok Pass

  Habsburg army and, 7, 18–19, 23, 28, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46–47, 49, 52, 54–55, 56, 57, 61, 62, 65, 66, 68, 71, 73, 77, 78, 80, 89, 98, 100, 103, 105, 176, 190, 191, 192, 194, 201

  Russian army and, 7, 8, 24, 34, 36, 37–38, 48, 61, 77, 78

  Veith, Georg, 2, 66

  Verecke Pass, 29, 42, 66, 68

  Virava Valley, 192

  Vistula River campaign, 16, 18, 23, 29–30, 35–36, 51

  Waitzendorfer, Division, 167

  Waldkarpathen region, 29, 50, 108

  War Case “Balkan,” 15, 209

  War Case “Russia,” 15

  Warsaw, 22, 23

  Wetlinska, 168, 179, 193, 194, 200

  Wilhelm, Emperor, 30, 33, 34, 42

  Wola Michova, 122, 126, 127, 129, 156, 157, 158, 165, 181, 186

  Wyszkov, 151, 159

  Wyszkov Pass, 7, 56, 66, 205

  Zanantoni, General, 95

  Zebrak, 125

  Zmigrod, 53

  Zolobina heights, 174

  Zvinin heights, 102, 204

 

 

 


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