A squad of recruits and their instructor from Kgl. Sächs. 5. Infanterie-Regiment Kronprinz Nr.104, July 1915
Letter on reverse (below) graciously translated by Immanuel84: letter authored in Chemnitz (Saxony) on 23.7.1915. Photogr. Curt Anton, Chemnitz.
A squad of recruits and their instructor from Kgl. Sächs. 5. Infanterie-Regiment Kronprinz Nr.104 somewhere in the vicinity of their Kaserne (barracks). These fellows are attired in a mix of pre-war Dunkelgrün and Feldgrau M1907/10 tunics.
The 40th Infanterie Division fought on the Western Front, seeing action in the Allied Great Retreat which culminated in the First Battle of the Marne and the Race to the Sea. It then spent the next several years in the trenches. In 1916, it fought in the Battle of the Somme. In 1917, it fought in the Battle of Passchendaele.
In 1918, it fought against the various Allied offensives and counteroffensives. Allied intelligence rated the Division as second class until 1918, but downgraded it to third class that year.
A squad of recruits and their instructor from Kgl. Sächs. 5. Infanterie-Regiment Kronprinz Nr.104, July 1915
Letter on reverse (below) graciously translated by Immanuel84: letter authored in Chemnitz (Saxony) on 23.7.1915. Photogr. Curt Anton, Chemnitz.
A squad of recruits and their instructor from Kgl. Sächs. 5. Infanterie-Regiment Kronprinz Nr.104 somewhere in the vicinity of their Kaserne (barracks). These fellows are attired in a mix of pre-war Dunkelgrün and Feldgrau M1907/10 tunics.
The 40th Infanterie Division fought on the Western Front, seeing action in the Allied Great Retreat which culminated in the First Battle of the Marne and the Race to the Sea. It then spent the next several years in the trenches. In 1916, it fought in the Battle of the Somme. In 1917, it fought in the Battle of Passchendaele.
In 1918, it fought against the various Allied offensives and counteroffensives. Allied intelligence rated the Division as second class until 1918, but downgraded it to third class that year.