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[Illustration: THE MOST POPULAR FRENCH HEROINE OF '70: JULIETTE DODU
(WHO DIED THE OTHER DAY) PARDONED FOR HER GREAT BRAVERY.]

There has just died upon her little farm at Clarens, Switzerland,
"La demoiselle Juliette Dodu of Pithiviers," forty-four years ago a
telegraphist who outwitted the German invaders, was taken prisoner,
threatened with death, treated chivalrously by the "Red Prince" Friedrich
Karl, released on the proclamation of peace, decorated with the Cross of
the Legion of Honour, and retired to the little farm, where she ended her
days. The spirit of this romance of the Franco-German War of 1870-71 lives
in the picture by E.J. Delahaye. Chivalry was not then dead, and the "Red
Prince," father of our popular Duchess of Connaught, although Juliette
Dodu had hindered the German advance on Paris, shook her by the hand and
said that it was "an honour to meet so brave a woman."

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

[Illustration: THE AUSTRIAN DEBACLE: A DISASTROUS MARCH UNDER CONTINUAL
SHELL-FIRE FROM SERBIAN ARTILLERY.--<sc>From the Painting by Frederic de
Haenen.</sc>] (left half)

The retreat of the Austrians after the recent great victory gained
over them by the Serbians has been described as one of the most
disastrous in history. It was stated unofficially in a report from
Budapest that the southern Austro-Hungarian Army had lost over 60,000 men
killed and wounded during the rear-guard actions and the flight, and
about 35,000 prisoners, together with a large amount of guns and war
material. Of the actual retreat it was said that the Austrian troops
were on the march continually for a whole week, while the Serbian

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[Illustration: THE AUSTRIAN DEBACLE: A DISASTROUS MARCH UNDER CONTINUAL
SHELL-FIRE FROM SERBIAN ARTILLERY.--<sc>From the Painting by Frederic de
Haenen.</sc>] (right half)

artillery in pursuit shelled them without cessation. Many of the Austrian
soldiers, it is said, dropped by the way from fatigue and weakness, as
they had had neither food nor rest, and several of the officers did the
same. It was impossible for some part