I really like the look of the postcard and its unique image. Here is where all three bataillonen of the regiment were in the fall of 1917:
Highest level officers in II. Bataillon and its Kompagnien at the time:
There was a history written by two officers of the regiment after the war titled
Geschichte des Infanterie-Regiments von Manstein (Schleswigsches) Nr. 84 by Hauptmann Pohl and Oberleutnant Bode. That would probably provide a great account of the entire war. I also found some more information about Infanterie-Regiment “von Manstein” (Schleswigsches) Nr. 84 from a 1937 veteran chronicle.
They had come after spending September fighting in Artois. Bullencoirt, Riemcourt, and Queant to be vague. Late October the move to the area east of Ypres occured. At the end of November 1917 he likely would be have near the Bassevillebeek [River] east of Ypres since the week prior, maybe longer. The leader of 6. Kompagnie had led his troops into this region first on November 14. He was killed and collected by the British soon after. Until March 1918 elements of the regiment were in this region around Bassevillebeek. That is north of Zandvoorde, west of Gheluvelt, and as far north to around Polderhoek.
The Australian War Memorial has a collection of ten panoramic photographs of the battlefields around this vicinity. Three are shown above and all can be found linked below. Some are marked with names like Stout Wood, Rifle Road, Berry Cotts, etc which appear to be right near their positions.
Panoramic view of the battlefield east of Ypres, from Gheluvelt to Bassevillebeek. In the ... | Australian War Memorial
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