Füzesabony is a place where the battalion stopped as it was discovered that a company had left their field kitchen behind in Bruck. Further bad news was that the wine portion for the officers and the sago ration for the men had been reduced. They thought they were finally having goulash and potatoes served, but were to discover that the whole goulash-story was just training for the front as they had to get used to suddenly give up meals.
Miskolc was worth a short stop to finally get the goulash but this was impossible as the tracks were blocked by Russian railway carriages. Tiszalök is a place the train of Švejk's march company passes, but no goulash was served here either.
Sátoraljaújhely sees a short stay by the march battalion as the goulash and potatoes are finally distributed. The stay in Sátoraljaújhely starts with a description of how Hungarian Honvéd Hussars abuse a group of Polish Jews. Then another conflict erupts between Švejk and Leutnant Dub: the foolish reserve lieutenant claims that destroyed weaponry is Russian even though it clearly has inscriptions identifying it as Austrian. Then Švejk pulls an incredibly long anecdote for Oberleutnant Lukáš to the effect that the obrlajtnant makes the following comment: „I’m coming to the conviction that you don’t respect your superiors at all”.
Finally there is an episode that illustrates the linguistic diversity of the multi-ethnic empire: a Polish soldier creates confusion because he is unable to understand and reproduce the password.
