A tea-beak in the field, 1900 (c)

Photograph by Major C D Bruce, 1st Battalion Chinese Regiment, 1900 (c).

Members of the 1st Chinese Regiment, also known as The Wei Hai Wei Regiment, pause for a brew-up during a field exercise. The regiment took part in the suppression of the 3rd China War (Boxer Rebellion) (1900), but was disbanded in 1903.

One of 52 photographs taken and collected by Major C D Bruce, 1st Battalion Chinese Regiment, 1899-1903.