Rupprecht, the Bavarian Crown Prince, who recently exhorted his troops to
conquer "our most hated foe." He also highly extolled the Bavarian
cavalry, who, he said, have fought "with the greatest fearlessness and
extraordinary dash."




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30--THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, NOV. 18, 1914.


[Illustration: GERMANY'S EASTERN STRONGHOLD WHICH SUFFERED THE FATE OF
LIÉGE AND ANTWERP: MEN OF THE GERMAN GARRISON AT TSING-TAU.]

It is said that the German garrison at Tsing-tau, which surrendered to the
Japanese and British on November 7, included five battalions of infantry,
fire battalions of marine artillery, one battalion of mechanics, and about
2500 reservists. After the surrender of the garrison a number of German
soldiers are said to have escaped in native boats, but were recaptured.
The defences were under naval control. Tsing-tau was strongly fortified
and had about 600 Krupp guns of various calibre. The photographs show men
of the Third Sea Battalion. (1) On the march in Tsing-tau; (2) and
(3) Entrenched with a machine-gun. Our correspondent states that the
photographs were taken since the siege began; otherwise the dark band
round the helmet-covers might be taken for a manoeuvres badge.