eptember 18, the Japanese troops landed safely at Lao-shan Bay.
They fought with great valour and suffered considerable losses. Their
casualties up to November 6 were given as 200 killed and 878 wounded. In
the final assault they had 14 officers wounded and 426 men killed and
wounded. The number of Germans captured was 2300.--[Photo. by C.N.]

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THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, NOV. 18, 1914--35

[Illustration: WATCHED WITH INTEREST BY THEIR "GALLANT JAPANESE
COMRADES": BRITISH TROOPS LANDED TO CO-OPERATE AGAINST TSING-TAU.]

In his telegram to the Japanese Minister of War after the capture of
Tsing-tau, Lord Kitchener said: "Please accept my warmest congratulations
on the success of the operations against Tsing-tau. Will you be so kind as
to express my felicitations to the Japanese forces engaged? The British
Army is proud to have been associated with its gallant Japanese comrades
in this enterprise." The British force, under Brigadier-General N.
Barnardiston, Commanding the Forces in North China, landed in Lao-shan Bay
on September 24. Some Indian troops also took part in the fighting. The
Emperor of Japan sent a message to the British force saying that he
"deeply appreciates the brilliant deeds of the British Army and Navy
co-operating with the Japanese."--[Photo. by C.N.]

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

[Illustration: THE CHIEF GERMAN COMMERCE-RAIDER DESTROYED: WHERE THE
"EMDEN" MET HER FATE; THE CRUISER; AND HER CAPTAIN.]

Our first photograph shows where the "Emden" met her fate after landing a
party to destroy the wireless station, the pole of which is seen to the
left centre of the photograph. The Cocos group are a British possession,
and lie in the Indian Ocean, south-west of Sumatra. Our second photograph
shows the "Emden," whose depredations have cost nearly two and a quarter
millions sterling. She was a light cruiser of 3350 tons and 25 knots
speed, carrying ten 41-inch guns. Captain Karl von Mueller, the "Emden's"
Captain, who carried out his enterprises with a fine spirit of chivalry
and daring which we acknowledge, was a native of Blankenburg, in
Brunswick, and was formerly a captain in the Hansa Line. He is a prisoner,
unwou