Battle of Peking (1900)
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This article is about the 1900 battle. For list of other battles also called "Battle of Peking", see Battle of Beijing.
The Battle of Peking (Chinese: 北京之戰), or historically the Relief of Peking (Chinese: 北京解圍戰), was the battle fought on 14–15 August 1900 in Beijing, in which the Eight-Nation Alliance relieved the siege of the Peking Legation Quarter during the Boxer Rebellion. From 20 June 1900, Boxers and Imperial Chinese Army 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.
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Battle of Peking | |||||||
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Part of the Boxer Rebellion | |||||||
The Allied Armies launch a general offensive on Peking Castle, by Torajirō Kasai (1900) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Eight-Nation Alliance: |
Boxers Qing dynasty | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Yamaguchi Motomi Nikolai Linevich Alfred Gaselee Adna Chaffee Henri-Nicolas Frey Yuan Shikai |
Ronglu Prince Duan Dong Fuxiang Ma Fulu † Ma Fuxiang Ma Haiyan Ma Yukun Song Qing | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
c.20,000 | c.20,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
60 killed 205 wounded | Heavy losses (Unknown total) |
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