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THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, DEC. 30, 1914—­[Part 21]—­23

[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.—­scFrom the Painting by Frederic de Haenen.] (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.—­scFrom the Painting by Frederic de Haenen.] (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 parts 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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[Illustration:  A GERMAN POSSESSION ADDED TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE BY THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES:  THE OCCUPATION OF NEU POMMERN (NEW BRITAIN).]