original postcards/pictures '14-18 seen by the eyes of the Germans' PART 1

[Helmcollector]

I found the book '1914-1918 door Duitse ogen' on a flea market in Flanders. The original postcards/pictures shows the daily life of the Germans in 'Flanders fields' through their own eyes. If ok, I will post some here with a footnote from time to time.
Here : the beginning of the war
You see :
- soldiers impatient to leave in a train wagon with some writing on it : 'outing to Paris', 'we see each other on the boulevard in Paris', Up to the battle, the point of my sword can't wait'.
- Before leaving some soldiers writing a lettre.
- Infanterists of the 25th regiment from Achen and from the 53th regiment from Köln marching in the direction of Luik (Liège) in Belgium wearing the Mauser, the feldgrau uniform and the pickelhaube. After King Albert I of Belgium refused the passage of the Germans to France, Germany declared war to Belgium. One of Germany's explanation : France is also breaking the neutrality of Belgium as French soldiers are already on Belgium territory !
- Many Germans wrote postcards to the homefront with sights of Flemish villages (also postcards of ruined villages). They used a handwriting that is called 'sütterlin', for most Germans nowadays it is almost unreadable. On 1 september 1941 Hitler forbade this handwriting.