German wire and trenches at Tsingtao, November 1914

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

The German port of Tsingtao in China was defended by a network of trenches, batteries and fortifications. Its garrison managed to hold out against an Anglo-Japanese besieging force throughout September and October 1914 until being forced to surrender on 7 November.

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