on: GERMANY'S EASTERN STRONGHOLD WHICH SUFFERED THE FATE OF
LIEGE AND ANTWERP: MEN OF THE GERMAN GARRISON AT TSING-TAU.]

It is said that the German garrison at Tsing-tau, which surrendered to the
Japanese and British on November 7, included five battalions of infantry,
fire battalions of marine artillery, one battalion of mechanics, and about
2500 reservists. After the surrender of the garrison a number of German
soldiers are said to have escaped in native boats, but were recaptured.
The defences were under naval control. Tsing-tau was strongly fortified
and had about 600 Krupp guns of various calibre. The photographs show men
of the Third Sea Battalion. (1) On the march in Tsing-tau; (2) and
(3) Entrenched with a machine-gun. Our correspondent states that the
photographs were taken since the siege began; otherwise the dark band
round the helmet-covers might be taken for a manoeuvres badge.

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THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, NOV. 18, 1914--31

[Illustration: SOME OF THE 2500 GERMANS CAPTURED AT TSING-TAU: MEN OF
THE THIRD SEA BATTALION WITH A MACHINE-GUN DURING THE SIEGE.]

At midnight on November 6--seven hours before the German garrison of
Tsing-tau surrendered, the central fort was captured by the Japanese, who
took 200 prisoners. The Germans had made great efforts to repair their
batteries, but the shell-fire from the Japanese guns was too heavy. After
the central fort had fallen the Japanese captured at the point of the
bayonet other forts and the strong field-works connecting them. It
was stated that some 2300 German prisoners were taken when Tsing-tau
surrendered. The German garrison, it is said, included four companies of
seaman gunners, an equal force of Marines, some cavalry and field gunners,
and a company of sappers. Probably the garrison increased after the war
began, as Germans from all parts of China gathered at Tsing-tau for
protection.

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32--THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, NOV. 18, 1914.

[Illustration: A ZEPPELIN BROUGHT DOWN: REMAINS OF ONE OF THE
MUCH-DISCUSSED GERMAN AIR-SHIPS HIT AND DESTROYED NEAR BELFORT.]

Considering the amount of discussion--not to say, in some quarters,
apprehension--to which the Zeppelins have given rise, sing