3rd China War
| 3rd China War | |
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| 1898-1901 | |
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| Location: China | |
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| 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 | |
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Also known as the The Boxer Rebellion.
This article is only concerned with the role of British India in the conflict.
Summary
The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists (Yìhétuán), known in English as Boxers, was a peasant organisation in Shandong Province responding to fiscal crises and natural disasters which they blamed on the presence of foreigners in China. Initially suppressed by the Qing dynasty they were later encouraged as part of a movement to expel foreign powers which had imposed an open-door policy on China. Christians were massacred and foreign legations in Peking were besieged.
A relief force under Vice-Admiral Edward Seymour attempted to reach Peking but was forced to turn back. This was followed by an international force, under Lieutenant-General Alfred Gaselee, called the Eight-Nation Alliance which raised the legation siege and occupied Peking. The Qing government was forced to sign the Boxer Protocol in September 1901 and pay a huge indemnity to the allied powers.
Related articles
External Links
- Boxer Rebellion Wikipedia
- Boxer Rebellion (Third China War) 1900 Regiments.org, an archived website.
- Filming, faking and propaganda: The origins of the war film, 1897-1902 by Stephen Bottomore 2007. Doctoral thesis Utrecht University now available online. Chapters 12-13 are on the Boxer Uprising. There is a separate section of illustrations and those for Chapters 12-13 are from page 33 of the section.
- Listen to an interview with historian David J Silbey discussing the Boxer Rebellion. June 2013.
Historical Books on-line
- China No1 (1898). Correspondence respecting the Affairs of China presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, April 1898 Archive.org
- Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Events in China up to 1900 www.archive.org
- China 1900 page 195 My Service Days: India, Afghanistan, Suakim '85, and China by Maj.-Gen. Sir Norman Stewart 1908 Archive.org
- China 1900, page 207 The Commission of H.M.S. "Terrible," 1898-1902 by George Crowe 1903 Archive.org
- A Diary of the Siege of the Legations in Peking during the Summer of 1900 by Nigel Oliphant. 1901 Archive.org
- "The China Medal of 1900", page 161 The Medal Collector: A Guide to Naval, Military, Air-Force, and Civil Medals and Ribbons by Stanley C Johnson 1921 Archive.org
- The China Martyrs of 1900. A Complete Roll of the Christian Heroes Martyred in China in 1900, with Narratives of Survivors compiled and edited by Robert Coventry Forsyth 1904 Archive.org