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

Japanese shelter in Tsingtau in the German colony Kiautchou during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Soldiers stand around a German field gun conquered by the Japanese in Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

Japanese fleet convoy on the march in Tsingtau during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Tsingtau in the First World War: Under Japanese siege a heavy gun is mounted on a military base / Photographer: Scherl

Japanese column in Tsingtau in the German colony Kiautchou during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Japanese tree shooters shoot German planes in Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

German patrol with Kaumi (today: Gaomi) in the German colony Kiautschou during the Boxer Uprising / Photographer: Scherl

28cm howitzer after the blasting by the Germans. / Photographer: Scherl

English Tuppen in Tsingtau in the German colony Kiautchou in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

German occupying troops in Tsingtau in the foreland of the fortress. The soldiers with rifles are lying in wait for the enemy / Photographer: Scherl

Fights in Tsingtau in the German colony Kiautchou in the First World War

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German troops, colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Reich

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire