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{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Siege of Concessions in Tianjin | partof = The Boxer Rebellion | image = [[ | caption = Railway station riddled by shells during the bombardment, Tianjin | date = 20 June - 14 August 1900 | place = Beijing, China | result = Allied victory
| combatant1 = Eight Nation Alliance:
Britain
Austria-Hungary
Japan
France
Germany
Italy
Russia
United States
| combatant2 = Righteous Harmony Society
Qing Empire
| commander1 = Sir Claude MacDonald
| commander2 = Ronglu
Prince Duan
Dong Fuxiang
Ma Anliang
Ma Fulu †
Ma Fuxiang
Ma Fuxing
| strength1 = 409 soldiers; 473 foreign civilians; 2,800 Chinese Christians
| strength2 = 10,000 Manchu Hushenying bannermen, 10,000 Muslim Kansu Braves (engaged in combat)
20,000 Manchu bannermen (not engaged in combat)
| casualties1 =
| casualties2 =
| campaignbox =
}}
The Siege of the International Legations occurred during the Boxer Rebellion in the Chinese city of Beijing (Peking). Menaced by the Boxers, an anti-Christian, anti-foreign peasant movement, 900 soldiers and civilians, largely from Europe, Japan, and the United States, and about 2,800 Chinese Christians took refuge in the Beijing Legation Quarter. The Qing government took the side of the Boxers. The foreigners and Chinese Christians in the Legation Quarter survived a 55-day siege by the Qing Army and the Boxers. The siege was broken by an international military force which marched from the coast of China, defeated the Qing army, and occupied Beijing. The siege was called by the New York Sun "the most exciting episode ever known to civilization."[1]