of the horses. Only those of the Austrian regiments which had their
supply-wagons with them were able to reach the Bosnian frontier.




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[Illustration: A GERMAN POSSESSION ADDED TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE BY THE
AUSTRALIAN FORCES: THE OCCUPATION OF NEU POMMERN (NEW BRITAIN).]

The Admiralty announced on September 13 that the Australian Squadron had
occupied, on the 11th, "the town of Herbertshöhe, in the island of
Neu Pommern (late New Britain), which is an island in the Bismarck
Archipelago; this island lies due east from German New Guinea." At Rabaul,
New Britain, on the 13th, a British Proclamation was read, with a special
one in "pidgin" English for the natives. The German Acting-Governor, Dr.
Haber, surrendered on the 21st. Our photographs show: (1) German troops
marching into Herbertshöhe to surrender; (2) A German building at
Friedrich Wilhelmshafen, now garrison headquarters; (3) The Australian
Naval Brigade marching through Rabaul; and (4) Dr. Haber, followed by the
German Commander, riding into Herbertshöhe to surrender.




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