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|partof=[[:Category:3rd China War|3rd China War]] | |partof=[[:Category:3rd China War|3rd China War]] | ||
|date=14 August 1900 | |date=14 August 1900 | ||
| − | |location=Beijing, China | + | |location=[[Beijing]], [[China]] |
|presidency=[[Madras]] | |presidency=[[Madras]] | ||
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=39.905557,116.39583&z=8&t=h&hl=en 39.905557°N 116.39583°E] | |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=39.905557,116.39583&z=8&t=h&hl=en 39.905557°N 116.39583°E] | ||
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/n531/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Map of the Relief of the Legations] www.archive.org<br> | [http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/n531/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Map of the Relief of the Legations] www.archive.org<br> | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=X_CzBW6N9hcC&pg=PA98&dq=Tung-Chow&cd=9#v=onepage&q=Tung-Chow&f=false Relief of Peking] Google Books | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=X_CzBW6N9hcC&pg=PA98&dq=Tung-Chow&cd=9#v=onepage&q=Tung-Chow&f=false Relief of Peking] Google Books | ||
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| + | == Historic books online== | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=Hdm0ySNwZCoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=indiscreet+letters+from+Peking&hl=en&ei=XURaTvX-BYel8QPoz_yYBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Indiscreet letters from Peking''] edited by B.L.Putnam Weale. (googlebooks). Title further states "Being the notes of an eye witness, which set forth in some detail, from day to day, the real story of the seige and sack of a distressed capital in 1900 - the year of great tribulation". Also available at [http://www.archive.org/stream/indiscreetletter00putnuoft#page/n7/mode/2up archive.org] | ||
[[Category:Battles|Peking, Capture of]] | [[Category:Battles|Peking, Capture of]] | ||
[[Category:Second Intervention|Peking, Capture of]] | [[Category:Second Intervention|Peking, Capture of]] | ||
[[Category:3rd China War|Peking, Capture of]] | [[Category:3rd China War|Peking, Capture of]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:44, 28 August 2011
| Capture of Peking | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 3rd China War | ||
| Date: | 14 August 1900 | |
| Location: | Beijing, China | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 39.905557°N 116.39583°E | |
| Result: | Legations relieved, city occupied | |
| Combatants | ||
| Russians, Japanese, British & Americans | Chinese | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lieutenant-General Alfred Gaselee | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Beijing
Variants: Pei-p'ing/Pekin/Peking
External Links
Boxer Rebellion Wikipedia
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Advance of the British Column www.archive.org
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Map of the Relief of the Legations www.archive.org
Relief of Peking Google Books
Historic books online
- Indiscreet letters from Peking edited by B.L.Putnam Weale. (googlebooks). Title further states "Being the notes of an eye witness, which set forth in some detail, from day to day, the real story of the seige and sack of a distressed capital in 1900 - the year of great tribulation". Also available at archive.org
