A makeshift barricade on the city wall near Zhengyangmen (正阳门) / Qianmen (前门), Beijing

'The Jade River' canal, Legation Quarter, Beijing

Barricades around the entrance to British Legation, Beijing

Sikh troops in front of the barricaded entrance to the British Legation, Beijing

Bulletin board, by Bell Tower, and chapel, British Legation, Beijing

Colonel Shiba Gorō (柴五郎)

Sir Claude MacDonald with defenders of the British Legation, Beijing

Hastily erected defences on a ramp (Madao) near the wall of the American Legation, Beijing

Relief forces arriving at British Legation, Beijing

Sikh soldiers with medals, Indian Army, Beijing

Breach in the Tartar City (Inner City) wall, with rickshaws and a mounted Sikh trooper, Beijing

The 'Lest we forget' corner, British Legation, Beijing

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

The student interpreters' house at the British Legation, Beijing

Xishiku Cathedral (北堂), Beijing, before the Boxer Uprising

Relief forces in the British Legation, Beijing

Building in the German Legation damaged during the siege, Beijing

British Marines on a gun platform, Mongol Market, Beijing

The graves of American marines and Russian soldiers, in Russian Legation, Beijing

The Hanlin Academy (翰林院), Beijing