Bactrian camel train, and log sawers, outside the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation premises, Beijing

City walls and gate, Peking

Camel caravan and pailou, Peking

French army engineers' observation balloon

Pailou and main road, Peking

Fortified bridge on Legation Street, Peking

The house of Henry Cockburn, fortified during the siege, Peking

Legation Chancery, British Legation, Peking, with bomb shelter in garden

'The International Gun', an improvised cannon used during siege of the Legation Quarter, Peking

Barricades defending the entrance to the British Legation, Peking

British Marines on a gun platform, Mongol Market, Peking

The student interpreters' house at the British Legation, Peking

Reinforced outer wall, and water well, during siege of the Legation Quarter, Peking

The Hanlin Academy (翰林院), Peking

British subjects in the British Legation, Peking

Sir Claude MacDonald, with the surviving British Legation guards, Peking

Carts for hauling stores, siege of the Legation Quarter, Peking

Pavilion (Hôtel de Pékin) in British Legation, Peking

The British Legation, siege of the Legation Quarter, Peking

Women by the chapel, British Legation, Beijing