Seeker of the price of neutrality in the Near East. “The Illustrated London News” as surgical appliance in war. The fall of “the most strongly fortified place in the Balkans”: taking Adrianople. Portret miniatuur van generaal-majoor Hendrik Detmers (1761-1825) Portret van Guillaume Chrétien Charles van Solms Braunfels, majoor van het Staatse leger, van het regiment Erfprins van Oranje Nassau On the alert: a cavalry picket searching a spruit. Actors in the Chinese drama: a “Boxer” Actors in the Chinese drama: a Japanese infantryman. The chief British military signatory to the peace terms. Japan. - Armies of the world The Balkan trouble: forces of the smaller Eastern European States. - The Armies of the World Muscovy in Manchuria: scenes of the Russian military preparations.