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'''== 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.
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{{War|name=Second Intervention|dates=4-14 August 1860 |image=|location=route from Tientsin to Peking, [[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|Second Intervention]] |link1=}}
== British Contingent ==
''3,000 troops under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gaselee Lieutenant-General Alfred Gaselee]''
*Four Coys [[23rd Regiment of Foot|Royal Welsh Fusiliers]]*[[Skinner's Horse|1st Bengal Lancers]]*[[Royal Artillery|12th Field Battery]]
*Hong Kong Artillery
*Naval guns
*[[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|1st Sikhs]]*[[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry|7th Rajputs]]*[[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Bengal Infantry]]
== External Links ==
