s of the army to make a stand, as
their artillery had been obliged to remain behind owing to the exhaustion
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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26--THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, DEC. 30, 1914.--[Part 21]

[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 Herbertshoehe, 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 Herbertshoehe 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 Herbertshoehe to surrender.

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THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, DEC. 30, 1914--[Part 21]--27

[Illustration: THE NEUTRALITY OF THE SCANDINAVIAN POWERS: THE KINGS OF
NORWAY, SWEDEN, AND DENMARK, WHO MET IN CONFERENCE AT MALMO.]

The three Northern Monarchs whose portraits are given above are: (1) King
Haakon of Norway; (2) King Gustav of Sweden; (3) King Christian of
Denmark. King Gustav was the convener of the meeting, the object of which
was to arrive at an understanding by means of which the Scandinavian
countries might be able to draw closer together in view of the interests
common to them all as neutrals. The motive was to maintain the neutrality
and independence of the three peoples, and at the same time to mitigate as
far as possible the serious inconveniences which all the three Northern
States have suffered in regard to the supplies of the necessaries of life
and in their general economic condition in consequence of the existence of
a state of war in Europe.--[_Photos. by Russell, Florman, and Bieber._]