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11th Infantry Regiment SAND

The 11th Infantry Regiment (Infanterieregiment Nr. 11) was one of the oldest infantry regiments of the Habsburg Army. The regiment was founded in 1629 and formed during the War of the Spanish Succession as one of the newly established infantry regiments of the monarchy. The regiment arrived in Písek in 1805, but only for a short time. The regiment was not permanently established there until 1853.

DONUTS GOATS

We are once again on the Russian front of the First World War. After the articles about Vladivostok and USAT Sherman I decided to write one more article to complete the story. As I have already mentioned, my grandfather, after arriving on the Eastern Front, survived the attack and massacre caused by the Don Cossacks and, seriously wounded, was taken to the village of Gornostayevka where he served for five long years on the farm of the Cossack Shimanovsky. Who were these fearsome warriors whose name inspired respect across Europe?

USAT Sherman - home halfway around the world - part two

Vladivostok, once a remote Russian city at the end of the world, became in the spring of 1921 the last refuge of thousands of our soldiers captured during the First World War on the Russian front. The harbour was full of soldiers, military patrols, sailors and ship workers, and there was a constant maritime bustle that mingled with a colourful mix of nationalities.

VLADIVOSTOK - home from the war

In 2014, I published an article on LP describing my grandfather's entry into World War I, his departure to the Russian front and his capture by the Don Cossacks. At the end of the article I also briefly outlined his return from captivity by way of Vladivostok...

Josef Kytka - greetings to the front

Most of you may not know the man of this name, as Josef Kytka is exclusively associated with Milevsko, the town with the oldest monastery in South Bohemia and the only Romanesque basilica in South Bohemia.

Buttons of the Austro-Hungarian Regiments - metal detector findings

I think every searcher knows that. Finding a HAND knob with or without a number is a very common thing, but few people probably know what is behind which number or even the colour of the knob. I've managed to put together a little overview of how the country's regiments. The information corresponds to the year 1914/1915. The button findings have been completed. Plus descriptions of the mountain hunting battalions and also the provincial gendarmerie headquarters.

Updated table of military buttons with numbers and letters from 1798 to 1867

Updated table of military buttons with numbers and letters from 1798 to 1867

20. 7. 2012

20 Jul 2012 Soldiers' bodies in perfectly preserved trenches

The remains of 21 German soldiers were discovered by archaeologists in perfectly preserved trenches from the First World War. Located in eastern France near the town of Carspach. They died after an explosion.

The tunnel of death from the First World War

It was not until decades after the end of the First World War that the so-called tunnel of death was found. Located near Reims, France, 275 young German soldiers were slowly dying there...

20. 4. 2008

April 20, 2008 Remains of a complete imperial family

Thirteen years ago, scientists announced that the remains of the last tsarist family, whose members had been murdered in cold blood, had been found. Experts examined the bones found in the Urals. DNA tests confirmed that they belonged to Tsarevich Alexei, the son of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II. and heirs to the Russian throne, and his sister Maria.

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