Second Intervention
Second Intervention | |
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4-14 August 1860 | |
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 | |
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Category: Second Intervention | |
This was the second attempt at the relief of Peking in the 3rd China War.
British Contingent
3,000 troops under Lieutenant-General Alfred Gaselee
- Four Coys Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- 1st Bengal Lancers
- 12th Field Battery
- Hong Kong Artillery
- Naval guns
- 1st Sikhs
- 7th Rajputs
- 24th Bengal Infantry
External Links
Boxer Rebellion Wikipedia
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India - Advance of the Allies from Tientsin www.archive.org