A heavily wounded local auxiliary soldier of the German Schutztruppe is transported away / Photographer: Scherl

Member of the Schutztruppe's Askari in the mora position near Garua / Photographer: Scherl

During the Boxer Uprising, a militia was created in the German colony of Kiautschou for defence purposes. / Photographer: Scherl

Transport of German troops at the railway station in Windhoek / Photographer: Scherl

During the Russian-Japanese War: The wounded admiral of the Russian battleship 'Zesarevich' is transported to a German hospital in Tsingtau. Photographer: Scherl

The men who had been drafted into the war meet in front of the town hall in Windhoek, Namibia, which was then the colony of German Southwest Africa. De Vaal, the son-in-law General Botha´s speaks to the German population in Windhoek / Photographer: Scherl

Departure from the railway station in Windhoek. The German group goes south / Photographer: Scherl

English aid ship 'Brüssels', brought in by the Germans, which sailed under Captain Fryatt, in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

The German cruiser S.M.S. 'Königsberg', assigned to the German station Deutsch-Ostafrika, in battle with a British cruiser / photographer: Scherl

For the photographer, Samoan warriors show how to use their head knives in battle / Photographer: Scherl

Samoan chieftains, who were captured during an uprising in the German colony, on the German cruiser Leipzig. Top row from left: Aneta, Paetoloa, Malalulu, Penaga, Liatana, Mara, bottom: Jiga, Pisa, Taugau, Panesi / Photographer: Scherl

One of the main responsible persons for an uprising in the German colony Samoa, Lauati, with his wife aboard the German cruiser Arcona / Photographer: Scherl

Rider of the Schutztruppe in the colony Deutsch-Südwestafrika in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

The railway line Windhuk - Keetmanshoop in the colony Deutsch-Südwestafrika was haunted in 1914. Here soldiers of the Schutztruppe walk along their tracks / Photographer: Scherl

Provisioning column from Windhoek in German South West Africa / Photographer: Scherl

A German field gun, operated by white members of the Schutztruppe and black Askaris, in its firing position during fights in the German colony of East Africa in World War I / Photographer: Scherl

Gun of the protection force in fire position at the railway line Windhoek - Keetmanshoop / Photographer: Scherl

On the way through a village the mounted Schutztruppe moves into the field in German Southwest Africa / Photographer: Scherl

The German pilot Scheele bombed a fine army in the Namib Desert / Photographer: Scherl

Colony of German South-West Africa in the First World War: Bombs dropped by airplane burst in the English camp near Garub / Photographer: Scherl

Protective troops resting in the dry savannah / Photographer: Scherl

Soldiers of the Schutztruppe under the leadership of General Lothar von Trotha join the fight against the insurgents around Hassan bin Omari Makunganya / Photographer: Scherl

German troops in a conquered position of the English fort in British East Africa in Majoreni, 24 September 1914 / Photographer: Scherl

Supporting column of the German Schutztruppe under Lettow-Vorbeck on the march / Photographer: Scherl

A local who is a member of the Schutztruppe under Lettwo-Vorbeck carries a rifle. His chambers are resting / Photographer: Scherl

Group of Berlin prisoners of war in a camp near Pretoria / Photographer: Scherl

Improvised field kitchen in South Africa, camp Pietermaritzburg / Photographer: Scherl

Colony Deutsch-Südwestafrika in the First World War: On 14.09.1914 a crane was bombed on the bridge in Swakopmund. / Photographer: Scherl

Portrait of Piet Nieuwenhuizen, who was Lettow Vorbeck's closest confidant until his surrender in D e u t s c h -O s t a f r i k a / Photographer: Scherl

ambulance transport of the Schutztruppe with the help of camels / photographer: Scherl

When the war broke out on August 1, 1914, the governor took for the last time the parade of the Askari units who had marched to the front. / Photographer: Scherl

Askai company 'Iringan' of the German Schutztruppe marches up in the first days of the war in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a / Photographer: Scherl

Heliographer's station on the top of a mountain in the Mahenge battlefield / Photographer: Scherl

In the German colony of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a the Kreuzer Königsberg was sunk on the coast. The German fleet was strengthened by Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of the Schutztruppe. / Photographer: Scherl

The torpedo boat 'Wami' takes over a torpedo from the 'Königsberg' in the colony D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Upper deck of a crusher 'A' after the battle with the English cruiser 'Hyacinth' in Monsa Bay. So-called Sperrbrecher tried to get supplies for the German troops through the English blockade to the coast. / Photographer: Scherl

The English armed motorboat 'Mimi' carries locals on the Lualaba river German East Africa in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Armed members of the Schutztruppe during a rest at the roadside in the colony Deutsch-Ostafrika during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Blacks from the Ruge-Ruga tribe who were recruited as soldiers in the German colony of East Africa. / Photographer: Scherl

Map sketch of the combat operations of the Schutztruppe under Lettow-Vorbeck in the colony D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl