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== British Contingent ==
 
== British Contingent ==
 
''3,000 troops under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gaselee Lieutenant-General Alfred Gaselee]''
 
''3,000 troops under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gaselee Lieutenant-General Alfred Gaselee]''
*Four Coys [[23rd Regiment of Foot|Royal Welsh Fusiliers]]
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*Four Coys [[23rd Regiment of Foot|Royal Welsh Fusiliers]] (30 men)
*[[Skinner's Horse|1st Bengal Lancers]]
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*[[Skinner's Horse|1st Bengal Lancers]] (400 men)
*[[Royal Artillery|12th Field Battery]]
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*[[Royal Artillery|12th Field Battery Royal Artillery]]
*Hong Kong Artillery
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*Hong Kong Artillery (2 guns, 4 maxims)
*Naval guns
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*Royal Marine Light Infantry (300 men)
*[[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Sikhs]]
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*Detachment of Royal Engineers
*[[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry|7th Rajputs]]
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*Naval Brigade (4 guns)
*[[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Bengal Infantry]]
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*[[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Sikhs]] (500 men)
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*[[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry|7th Rajputs]] (500 men)
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*[[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Bengal Infantry]] (300 men)
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*Hong Kong Regiment (100 men)
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*Chinese Regiment (100 men)
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==

Revision as of 09:05, 24 December 2009

Second Intervention
4-14 August 1900
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: route from Tientsin to Peking, China
Combatants:
Eight Nation Alliance Righteous Harmony Society
Qing Empire
Result: Allied victory
Medals:
3rd China War Medal
Clasps: Taku Forts, Defence of Legations, Relief of Pekin
Links:
Category: Second Intervention

Summary

This was the second attempt at the relief of Peking in the 3rd China War. An allied force of some 20,000 troops set out from Tientsin on 4 August 1900 and reached Peking on 14 August. The siege of the legations was relieved and Peking occupied.

British Contingent

3,000 troops under Lieutenant-General Alfred Gaselee

External Links

Boxer Rebellion Wikipedia
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Advance of the Allies from Tientsin www.archive.org