No. 43. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. The Chapel. Some of the windows were bricked up to prevent the enemy from setting fire to the building, and others are loop-holed for rifles. From the top of this building a lookout was kept, and flag or lantern signals given to different parts of the large compound, much to the bewilderment and dislike of the enemy. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
No. 46. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. Interior of the Chapel, showing the bundles of bedding of those who slept therein. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
No. 47. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. Interior of the Chapel, showing the pulpit platform piled with provisions. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
No. 48. The Siege in Peking. In the Methodist Compound. Interior of the Chapel, showing the vestry filled with trunks. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
No. 54. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The Front Tinger, or Pavilion, occupied as a hotel by the proprietor and guests of the Peking Hotel. Here pony steaks and horse meat in every form were served up in the most tempting way by the accomplished French chef. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
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View of the open-sided Chinese pavilion, showing European figures inside and boxes of provisions in the foreground.
No. 55. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. End view of the Front Tinger (or Pavilion). This part was usually occupied by about twenty foreign and native Catholic nuns, who were the guests of the manager of the Peking Hotel. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Scope & Content:
Second view of the Chinese pavilion in the Legation grounds.
No. 57. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. The First Secretary's house with its fortifications. The trees were cut down and used for barricades and bombproof. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
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General view of the two-storey house, with verandahs sandbagged.
No. 7. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. First Secretary's House, showing how it was fortified with bricks and sand bags. Men of the Signal Service on the roof. The house was constantly under fire, and was hit by probably thousands of rifle bullets, besides solid shot and fragments of shells. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
No. 8. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Secretary Cockburn's House, with a 'Bomb-proof,' three or four feet deep, in front of it. The earth in the yard was dug up and used to fill sand bags. There was a sentry post on the roof. The inclined way was prepared for the purpose of taking a rapid-fire gun up on to the roof. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
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Inscription: Copyright notice at bottom left of print. View looking across the garden towards the house, where Henry Cockburn (1859-1927), Chinese Secretary to the British Legation 1896-1906, is seated on the verandah with two women.
No. 13. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. House and Gate in the South Stable Court, ruined by shot and shell fired by the Chinese soldiers. The house was completely wrecked. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Scope & Content:
General view of the building, much damaged by Chinese shelling.