Knocked-out howitzer on Bismarck Hill, Tsingtao, November 1914

Photograph, World War One, Far East (1914-1918), 1914.

British and Japanese forces besieged the German port of Tsingtao in China between September and November 1914. During this time it was subjected to a heavy bombardment by Japanese howitzers that damaged the port facilities and its defences.

From an album of 65 photographs compiled by Brig N W Barnardiston, commanding British troops in North China, 1914.