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*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023150687#page/n3/mode/2up ''A Diary of the Siege of the Legations in Peking 
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*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023150687#page/n3/mode/2up ''A Diary of the Siege of the Legations in Peking 
during the Summer of 1900]''  
by Nigel Oliphant. 1901 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/battlesofninetee07forb#page/n181/mode/2up  ''The Chinese War of 1900-1901''] pages 529-656, ''Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Volume VII''. With Illustrations. c 1901 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/battlesofninetee07forb#page/n181/mode/2up  ''The Chinese War of 1900-1901''] pages 529-656, ''Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Volume VII''. With Illustrations. c 1901 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023226065#page/n57/mode/2up "The Boxer Wars"] page 42 ''China, Past and Present'' by Edward Harper Parker 1903 Archive.org
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/1921TheMedalCollectorAGuideToNavalMilitaryAir-forceAndCivil/1921TheMedalCollector#page/n181/mode/2up "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
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/1921TheMedalCollectorAGuideToNavalMilitaryAir-forceAndCivil/1921TheMedalCollector#page/n181/mode/2up "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
 
*[https://archive.org/details/chinamartyrsof1900fors ''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
 
*[https://archive.org/details/chinamartyrsof1900fors ''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

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3rd China War
1898-1901
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: 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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Also known as the The Boxer Rebellion.
The Summary of 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

Seymour's Column
Second Intervention

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