Pagiriai (later renamed Pagirys) is a township about half-way between Kėdainiai and Ukmergė. In czarist times and on WWI German military maps it was known as Pogiry. In WWI it was taken by German troops in the autumn of 1915 during their … [Read more...] about Pagiriai (also Pagirys) 1919–1922
Lydavėnai (also Lyduvėnai) 1919–1921
In WWI, Lydavėnai (later Lyduvėnai, russ. Lidovjany) was passed through by Bavarian cavalry the following day after the German push into Žemaitija began on April 27, 1915. The cavalrymen were from the reco Abteilung Gonnermann of the … [Read more...] about Lydavėnai (also Lyduvėnai) 1919–1921
Varniai 1919
When the German forces began to move into Žemaitija and Courland on April 27, 1915, the township Varniai (Vorne, Worne) was passed through by cavalry of 12th Res. Brigade (6. Kavallerie-Division) on April 29, followed the next day by Abteilung … [Read more...] about Varniai 1919
Vandžiogala 1921 – 1923
In WWI, Vandžiogala [Wandsagola, different old spellings] a township 22 km north of Kaunas was taken in late July 1915, when German forces were making preparations to storm the Kaunas fortress, which fell on August 18, 1915. After the German … [Read more...] about Vandžiogala 1921 – 1923
Žarėnai 1922-1923
Postcard mailed by the initiator and builder of the church at Žarėnai, Rev. Juozapas Lomanas. Žarėnai 1922 is a township with a previous manor in central Žemaitija, 20 km south of Telšiai. In WWI, during the German push … [Read more...] about Žarėnai 1922-1923