Battle of Peking (1900)

Battle Of Peking (1900)

Shandong–Zhili region

  • Siege of the International Legations
  • Siege of Concessions in Tianjin
  • First intervention
  • Taku Forts
  • Tientsin
  • Beicang
  • Second intervention
  • Yangcun
  • Peking
  • Beitang
  • Shanhaiguan

Manchuria

  • Chinese Eastern Railway
  • Southern Manchuria
  • Yingkou
  • Pai-t'ou-tzu
  • Amur River
  • Northern and Central Manchuria
Boxer Protocol

The Battle of Peking, or the Relief of Peking, was the battle on 14–15 August 1900, in which a multi-national force relieved the siege of foreign legations in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion. Since 20 June 1900, Boxer forces and Imperial Chinese troops had besieged foreign diplomats, citizens and soldiers within the legations of Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and the United States within the city of Peking.

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