as daring as they have been ubiquitous.
Here we see a suspect being brought through the French lines after having
been found in a suspicious position near our Allies' artillery. He is
blindfolded, by means of a sack placed over his head, so that he may gain
no information en route.--[_Photo. by C.N._]

[Illustration: SPORT AT THE FRONT: BRITISH OFFICERS WITH A "BAG" OF
PARTRIDGE AND HARE.]

The British officer, who is once more showing what a magnificent sportsman
and fighter he is in the field, is not altogether neglecting sport as he
knows it at home while he is at the front. Already we have heard of hare
and partridge shooting near the firing-line; and a pack of fox-hounds have
joined the forces, for the benefit of the Battle Hunt Club.--[_Photo. by
Photopress._]

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THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, DEC. 30, 1914--[Part 21]--17

[Illustration: AT FRANCIS JOSEPH'S FEET FOR LESS THAN A FORTNIGHT:
BELGRADE (SINCE RETAKEN BY THE SERBIANS) ENTERED BY THE AUSTRIANS.]

This drawing by a German artist shows General Liborius von Frank (riding
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-ta