1915 Quotes

“At noon, our interpreter and two men met the enemy halfway. The heads of the troops on both sides were above the parapets and no firing took place. Later, when we left the trenches, we were paraded by the CO and severely reprimanded. “It is impossible to fight a man with one hand and give him chocolate with the other.”
― Matt Kersley, 1915: The Pale Battalions

“However, in three months of fighting, and with the men who died or surrendered at Przemysl included, the Austro-Hungarian Army has lost nearly 950,000 men killed, wounded, and captured. This”
― Matt Kersley, 1915: The Pale Battalions