Alexander I, 4
Alexey of Jaroslav, 133
Alexeyev, Mr., 14
Armenians, the, 134
Arndt, 83, 146
Austria, 2, 3, 6, 26, 109, 140, 162, 175, 176, 202, 221
Army of—
airmen of, 164, 168-71, 199, 200, 227, 228, 233
artillery fire of, 154, 158-9, 218, 232, 261
cholera in, 266
clothing of, 87
disaffection of, 84, 85, 174, 201, 212, 265, 268
methods of advance, 88
nationalities of, 84, 87, 174, 192, 201, 266
prisoners and wounded, attitude and spirit of, 19, 55-8, 79-80, 108-9, 121-2, 133, 135, 174, 184, 185, 253-4
question of excesses of, 45-7, 51
treatment of Czechs, 85, 175, 201
use of churches, 151-2
violence of, 29, 30
"Austrian officer," diary of, 263-82
Bartieczew, 272
Bavarian troops, atrocities of, 83, 108
Belgium, 4, 7, 45, 108, 176
Bergen, 8, 9
Beskides, the, 186-7
——, the eastern, 180-1
Beskides, fighting in, 188-90
Biecz, fighting at, 208, 257
"Birds, The," visit to, 147-51, 196
Bismarck, 160
Blaskow, 277
Blonie, 38
Bobr, River, the, 28, 35
Bobrinsky, Count George, 21-3, 25, 75, 95
——, —— Vladimir, 23, 25
——, Countess O., 15, 95
Bohemians, the, 24, 80, 84, 85, 87, 139, 161
Böhmerwald Mountains, the, 161
Borodino, battle of, 164, 201
Bosnia, 2
Bosnians, 87
Braunlich, Major, 268
Bruselov, General, 27, 28
Bug, River, line of, 26, 28, 48, 59
Bukovina, the, 23, 176
Bukowa, 279
Caillaux Case, the, 3
Carpathians, the, 161-3
——, Austrian advance on, 263-82
——, difficulties of movement in, 190-1
——, fighting in, 181-6, 188-9, 198-9, 209-12, 224-6
——, German rally in, 203-5
——, —— tactics in, 216-21
——, Russian advance lines in, 151-4
——, Russia's task in, 175-8, 180
——, with German advance over, 272-82
Carpathians, the, with Russian advance over, 97-104, 115-22, 126-54, 178-90, 193-9, 203-5
——, with Russian retreat from, 205-16
Caucasian Corps, the, 209
Chalupka, 282
Christmas, celebration of Russian, 99-101
Constantinople, 176
Cossacks, 30-1, 233, 251
Cracow, road to, 53-7, 59
——, Russian advance to, 61, 265
Czenstochowa region, fighting in, 249
Czerinne, 276
Czieszkowice, 270, 272
Dardanelles, 153
Dmitriev, General Radko, 67, 74, 86, 112, 139, 223
——, staff of, 88
Dmowski, Mr., 1, 2, 47
Dniestr, River, the, 29
Dobrotin, General, 179-81
Dobrotyn Hill, 275
Dolgorukov, Prince, 153
Dolina, Mary, 71
Dombrowski, 139
Dowager Empress, hospital of, 25
Dresden, battle of, 146
Dukla, 264, 265, 268
Duma, the, 12
—— lazaret, 62, 63
Dunajec River, the, 126
Dynuw, 225, 226
Dziara, 267
Easter, celebration of, 171-3
Elchingen, heights of, 104
England, 4, 7, 8, 26, 47, 120, 137, 153, 154, 172, 176, 184, 192, 193, 242, 243
Erzegebirge Mountains, the, 161
Eulogius, Archbishop, 66, 76
Flamborough, Miss, 235
France, 4, 7, 8, 26, 47
Francis Ferdinand, Archduke, 109, 157
Francis Joseph, Emperor, 116
Friedmann, Mr., 12
Gagarin, Princess, 15
Galich, 29, 30
Galicia, 21-3, 26, 47, 59, 61, 157-8, 175, 250
——, battlefields of, 26
——, road to, 73-5
Geneva Convention, 115
George Cross, the, 200
Germany, 2, 3, 6, 7, 13, 26, 68, 108, 122, 162, 163, 175-6, 184, 202, 242-3, 247
Army of—
artillery fire of, 218
cavalry advance of, 233
heavy artillery of, 33, 46, 202-3, 208, 216-17, 219, 224, 232, 245, 273
methods of infantry advance of, 88, 94-5, 108, 244-6
prisoner of, chat with, 242-3
question of excesses of, 45-7, 51, 215
rifle fire of, 33, 50
wounded, attitude of, 107, 134
Attitude of, to war, 107, 108
Giant Mountains, the, 161
Gnila Lipa, battle of, 26
Gollanka, artillery duel on heights of, 273-5
Goremykin, Mr., 12
Gorlice, battle of, 250, 251, 267, 269
Gorodok, 28
Gozhansky, Colonel, 38
Grey, Sir Edward, 4
Gribow, 262, 272
Guchkov, Alexander, 72
Gurko, 247
Hamburg, 242
Harchin, 206, 207
Hindenburg, General von, 183, 202
Homyakov, Mr., 25
Homyakov, Miss, 155
Honveds, the, 269
Hopper, Miss, 235
Hungary, army of, attitude towards war, 24, 87, 109, 140, 201
——, ——, horse artillery of, 65
——, defence of, 221
——, Magyars of, 161-3, 176
——, Slavs of, 161-3
——, survey of, 161-3, 176, 178
Irish conflict, the, 2, 3
Irmanov, General, 250-1, 254-8
——, ——, staff of, 253-4
Italy, 7, 8, 243
"Ivan," 134
Ivangorod, fighting near, 48
Ivanov, General, 200
Japanese War, the, 247
Jaslo, 213; bombardment of, 214
Jews, the, 12, 17
—— of Galicia, 25, 31, 33
—— of Poland, 41
Kasso, Mr., 2
Kazalow, 274
Kazimierz, fighting at, 36, 43
Kearne, Miss, 148
Kemble, Mrs., 71
Kielce, 55, 250
——, fighting at, 49-50, 53, 56-7, 249
——, scenes at, 56
Kiev, 73
Körner, 83, 146
Kosienice, desperate fighting at, 48, 49, 249
Krasnik, battle of, 19
Kristiania, 9
Kruchkov, 18
Kusmanek, commander of Peremyshl, 157, 158
Kutuzov, 200
Kwieton, road to, 268
Leipzig, battle of, 164
Lemberg (see Lvov)
Lerche, 25
Liebertz, 262
Lithuanians, the, 12
Lodz, 45
London, Bishop of, 100
Lowicz, 38, 39
——, Poles of, 38, 39
Lützen, field of, 147
Lukich, Commander, 141-3
Luther, Martin, 147
Lvov (Lemberg), 22-3, 25-6, 28, 60, 74-8, 222
——, Prince George, 12, 14, 72, 234
——, N. N., 10, 13
——, Nicholas, 72
Magyar, the, 161-3, 176
Mahlsdorf, 264-6
Maklakov, Mr., 13
Metz, 159
Mezolaborcz, 192, 193
Mlawa, 61
Mokra, 40
Moravians, the, 161
Moscow (1812 and 1914), 13-16
——, Press of, 71
Muchowka, battle of, 179
Napoleon, 40, 86, 139, 164, 167, 242
Narev River, the, 28, 35, 48
Naudeau, M., 57
Newlands Corner, 186
New Year, keeping Feast of, 105, 106
Ney, Marshal, 104
Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, 2, 4, 13, 16, 72, 247
Nicholas, Grand Duke, 9, 17, 18, 36, 61
Niemen River, the, 28, 35
Nikolayevich, Nikolay, 97, 98
Norwegians, the, 9
Obzar Hill, 275-6
Olga Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess, 20
Pavlovich, Pavel, 141-3
Peace Society of Moscow, 153
Peremyshl, fall of, 157-60, 176, 265
——, fortifications of, 157, 158
——, garrison, etc., of, 157, 159
Petrograd, 13
Plock, 61
Pochayev Monastery, 66
Podymov, Colonel, 190 note
Poland, 2, 40, 47-8, 112, 135-6, 253
——, cottages of, 126
——, Russian, 26, 28, 177
——, scenes in, 41-4
——, wounded children in, 135-6
Poles, the, 16, 17, 47, 50-3
—— of Lowicz, 38-41
—— of Galicia, 61, 79, 87
Prislak, 268
Protopopov, Mr., 1
Prussia, East, 26, 28, 47, 48, 62, 175
Prussia, strength of, 161, 176
Pruszkov, fighting at, 35, 37
Pushkin, 144
Radom, 49, 51-3, 57, 59
Rakitna, fighting at, 36-8
Rakoczy, 193
Rava Ruska, 27, 29, 31-4, 177, 179, 197
Red Cross Organisation of Russia, 11, 16, 25
—— ——, keenness and enthusiasm of, 122-5, 148, 156, 191-2, 15-16, 222 (see also under Russia and Zemstvo League)
Religious questions in Galicia, 21, 22, 76
Riechwald, 263, 265, 268
Rona, 263, 269
Ropica Russka, 266
Roshkov, Dr. Vladimir Petrovich, 125, 147, 148
Rumania, 162, 176
Russia, 2-4, 7, 109, 162-3, 177, 185, 247
Army of—
airmen of, 163-8, 271-2
ambulance points of, 95-104, 215, 221-2
artillery fire of, 30, 36, 46, 116, 154, 165, 244, 269-71, 275, 277
cavalry of, 46
chaplains of, 66-7, 100
field hospitals of, 20, 62-7, 96
first-aid stations of, 112-15
growing enthusiasm of, for England, 120, 137, 153-4, 192-3, 195-6
losses of, 177, 196-7, 199, 207, 213-14, 222-4, 249
method of infantry advance of, 88-9
Siberian regiments of, 35-6
spirit of, 19-20, 24, 33-4, 41-4, 54, 58, 60-1, 64-6, 98-9, 125, 133, 228, 259, 261
treatment of prisoners by, 24, 174
winter kit of, 87
wounded of, stoicism of, 64-6, 133-4, 222-3
Peasants and people of—
attitude to war, 10, 11, 53, 68-78, 88, 199, 259
characteristics of, 7, 8, 120, 125, 128
Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, work of, 11
Ruthenian troops, the, 30, 179
Ruzsky, General, 27
Rzepeinik, advance on, 274-5
Rzeszow, 226, 227
San River, Austrian advance to, 282
——, defence of, 228-34, 236-41, 247-8, 250-7
——, fight for, 26, 114, 177, 179, 197
——, German tactics at, 232
——, line of, 28-9, 35, 59, 62, 65
——, passages of, 48
——, Russian retreat to, 227, 244
——, Russian Retreat from, 257-8
Sandomir, 61
Saxony, King of, 45
Sazonov, Mr., 3, 10
Schiller, 146
Sczydlowiecki family, monuments of, 54
Sekow, bombardment of, 267
——, fight at, 263
Seniawa, Russian advance on, 251, 282
Serbia, 2, 3, 7, 109, 247
Shchepkin, Mr., 14
Shingarev, Dr., 63
Silesia, southern, population of, 61
Skiernewice, 38, 40, 41, 44
Skobelev, 39
Slovaks, the, 161
Slovenes, the, 24
Sochaczew, 38, 41
Stakhovich, Mr., 25, 74
Surrey Hills, 1, 2, 186, 187
Suvorov, 247
Swedes, the, 9
Szydlowiec, 49, 54
Tarnow, bombardment of, 106-7, 110-11, 155-7, 214-15
——, fighting at, 81-2
——, hospital scenes at, 82-6, 155-6
——, journey to, 79-81
——, Russian lines outside, 92-5
Taslo, visit to, 173-5
Thüringerwald Mountains, the, 161
Tikhon, Father, 99-101, 103, 105
Tirolese, the, 131, 132
Tisza, Count, 163, 176
Tolstoy, Count, 167
Transylvania, 162
Trubetskoy, Princess O., 15
Tryphon, Bishop, 100, 101
Tuchow, 280
Turkey, 89
Uhland, 146
Verdun, 216
Vilna, 16, 17
Vistula River, crossing of, 249
——, Middle, 28-9, 35, 48
——, Upper, 46
Volkonsky, Prince, 63
"V. S.," 89-92
Wagram, 32
Warsaw, 28, 35-7, 45, 48, 51, 59
"War Song-book for the German Army, 1914," the, 145-7
Wells, H. G., 164, 257
"Wiggins," 136-9, 158, 163
William II, Kaiser, 7, 109, 202, 231, 254
Wisloka, 59
Wislok River, the, 276-8
Wyzjowa, 276, 277
Zemstva, 12-13
Zemstvo League, 14, 234
—— ——, Red Cross Staff of, 77-8, 80-1, 234-5
Zwiedzinicz, artillery duel at, 281
About This Book
A day-by-day wartime diary by an official British observer attached to Russian forces during 1914–1915, combining front-line reportage with Red Cross hospital and transport work, prisoner interrogations, and strategic commentary. Entries document military operations in the eastern theatres, advances and retreats, material and logistical conditions, and the morale and conduct of soldiers. The account also registers political and national strains within the opposing empires and relates battlefield events to broader diplomatic developments. Supplemented by maps and contemporaneous notes, the narrative aims to convey both the unfolding campaigns and the lived experience of the army.