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{{War|name=3rd China War|dates=1898-1901 |image=|location=[[China]] |combatant1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-Nation_Alliance Eight Nation Alliance]|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Righteous_Harmony_Society Righteous Harmony Society]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_Empire Qing Empire] |result=Allied victory |medal=<br>[http://www.britishmedals.info/third_china_war_medal.html 3rd China War Medal]<br>Clasps: Taku Forts, Defence of Legations, Relief of Pekin |category=[[:Category:3rd China War|3rd China War]] |link1=}}
== 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 Beijing [[Peking]] were besieged.
A relief force under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hobart_Seymour Vice-Admiral Edward Seymour ] attempted to reach Beijing [[Peking]] but was force forced to turn back. This was followed by an international force, under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gaselee Lieutenant-General Alfred Gaselee acting as the commanding officer], called the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-Nation_Alliance Eight-Nation Alliance ] which raised the legation siege and occupied Beijing[[Peking]]. The Qing government was forced to sign the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Protocol Boxer Protocol ] in September 1901 and pay a huge indemnity to the allied powers.
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