% mbr20010718
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphics}
\usepackage{german}
\usepackage{html}

\begin{document}

This is ok (english text in caption)
\begin{figure}[!ht]
\includegraphics{f1.eps}
\caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure}

This causes error report and does not
show number of figure
(uses function out of 'german.sty' for o-umlaut
in caption)
\begin{figure}[!ht]
\includegraphics{f1.eps}
\caption{Sch"ones Bild}
\end{figure}

\end{document}




