Here are a few photographs of places mentioned in the Kaiser's Reluctant Conscript
This is the damaged cross/calvary on the battlefield, this cross features on many German postcards in many different cards from patriotic idealised images to the actual photographs
The sight of the damaged calvary was profundly disturbing to Richert and other soldiers, he found as disturbing as the sight of a French and German soldier who had bayonted each other at the same time and has sunk to the ground attached to each other in death.
In 1915 Richert and his unit were opposite some Indian soldiers who had a sense of humour, one morning there were six rifles missing from the position
The Germans had this strange habit of leaving their rifles in position while they were in dugouts, why anyone would not have their weapon immediately to hand in a combat zone is a mystery to me!