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THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, NOV. 18, 1914--31


[Illustration: SOME OF THE 2500 GERMANS CAPTURED AT TSING-TAU: MEN OF
THE THIRD SEA BATTALION WITH A MACHINE-GUN DURING THE SIEGE.]

At midnight on November 6--seven hours before the German garrison of
Tsing-tau surrendered, the central fort was captured by the Japanese, who
took 200 prisoners. The Germans had made great efforts to repair their
batteries, but the shell-fire from the Japanese guns was too heavy. After
the central fort had fallen the Japanese captured at the point of the
bayonet other forts and the strong field-works connecting them. It
was stated that some 2300 German prisoners were taken when Tsing-tau
surrendered. The German garrison, it is said, included four companies of
seaman gunners, an equal force of Marines, some cavalry and field gunners,
and a company of sappers. Probably the garrison increased after the war
began, as Germans from all parts of China gathered at Tsing-tau for
protection.




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


[Illustration: A ZEPPELIN BROUGHT DOWN: REMAINS OF ONE OF THE
MUCH-DISCUSSED GERMAN AIR-SHIPS HIT AND DESTROYED NEAR BELFORT.]