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Siege of the International Legations

Siege of the International Legations was a siege conducted on 20 June 1900 at Beijing Legation Quarter, in what is now People's Republic of China; it lasted 55 days. It was part of the Boxer Rebellion, which ran from 1899 to 1901. The recorded result: Allied victory.

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I'll Try, Sir!. American troops in the relief of Peking in China on 14 August 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. During the fiercely opposed relief expedition to Peking in the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, w
I'll Try, Sir!. American troops in the relief of Peking in China on 14 August 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. During the fiercely opposed relief expedition to Peking in the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, w. H. Charles McBarron, Jr., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought20 June 1900lasted 55 days
WhereBeijing Legation Quarter, People's Republic of China39.905N, 116.391E
OutcomeAllied victory
BelligerentsEight-Nation Alliance: United Kingdom; Russian Empire; French Third Republic; Empire of Japan; United States; Kingdom of Italy; German Empire; Austria-Hungary; Netherlands; Belgium; Spain; Chinese Christian refugeesagainstQing dynasty; Boxer movement
Casualties and losses190 military casualties, 13 civilians killedandapprox. 2,500
Part ofBoxer Rebellion1899 to 1901

Where it sits in the Boxer Rebellion

Battle of Senluo Temple, 1899Battle of Peking, 1900Battle of Shanhaiguan, 1900Defense of Harbin, 1900Siege of Beitang, 1900Battle of Dagu Forts, 1900Siege of the International Legations, 1900Battle of Tientsin, 1900Battle of Beitang, 190018991900Siege of the International Legations, 1900
11 placed engagements of the Boxer Rebellion in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date20 June 1900
to 14 August 1900
PlaceBeijing Legation Quarter, People's Republic of China
39.905N, 116.391E
KindSiege, nineteenth century
Casualties and losses190 military casualties, 13 civilians killedapprox. 2,500
Commanders
  • Claude Maxwell MacDonald
  • Alfred Gaselee
  • Nikolai Linevich
  • Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev
  • Alfred von Waldersee
  • Eugène Darcy
  • Empress Dowager Cixi
  • Ronglu
  • Li Hongzhang
  • Yikuang
  • Zaiyi
  • Dong Fuxiang
Siege of the International LegationsSiege of the International LegationsSiege of ZhongduBattle of PekingBattle of Gaoliang RiverMarco Polo Bridge incidentBattle of PalikaoMarco Polo Bridge incidentBattle of PalikaoTianjinTangshanZhangjiakouLangfangBaodingChangpingChengdeZhuozhou100 km39.905N, 116.391E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between AD 979 and 1900.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1900

Siege of the International Legations is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 339 in present-day People's Republic of China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4337436, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of the International Legations, revision 1384988043, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.