in front of the standard-bearer) entering Belgrade at the head of the
Fifth Austrian Army on December 2. As the troops passed the Konak, the
building in the background with a cupola, they sang the Austrian national
anthem. General Frank sent the following message to the Emperor Francis
Joseph: "On the occasion of the sixty-sixth anniversary of your Majesty's
accession permit me to lay at your feet the information that Belgrade was
to-day occupied by the troops of the Fifth Army." Belgrade remained in
Austrian hands less than a fortnight. The Serbians recaptured it after a
desperate battle. At Belgrade they placed 60,000 Austrians _hors de
combat_, and from December 3 to 15 had captured 274 officers and 46,000
men.




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18--THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, DEC. 30, 1914.--[Part 21]


[Illustration: A GERMAN DREAM OF EMPIRE ENDS IN SMOKE: TSING-TAU SET ON
FIRE BY SHELLS FROM JAPANESE HEAVY ARTILLERY.]

This impressive photograph was taken during the bombardment of Tsing-tau,
Germany's cherished possession in the Far East, which fell to the Japanese
and British arms on November 7. In the distance the smoke of her burning
is seen going up to heaven. The blockade of Tsing-tau began on August 27.
The Japanese troops landed in Lao-shan Bay on September 18, the small
British force on the 24th. On the 28th they carried the high ground 2-1/2
miles from the main German position, and fire was opened on the fortress
during the first week in October. The general bombardment began on October