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Boxer Rebellion, Battle of Peking, 1900

Entitled: "The fall of the Pekin castle, the hostile army being beaten away from the imperial castle by the allied armies." Shows the allied armies advancing toward the Boxer forces outside the imperial castle in Beijing, China. In June 1900, Boxer forces and Imperial Chinese troops besieged foreign diplomats, citizens and soldiers within the legations of Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and the United States within the city of Peking. The Battle of Peking, or the Relief of Peking, was the battle on August 14-15, 1900, in which a multi-national force, led by Britain, relieved the siege of foreign legations in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion was lead by a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. Chromolithograph, artist Torajiro Kasai, September 1900.

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Boxer Rebellion, Battle of Peking, 1900

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Entitled: "The fall of the Pekin castle, the hostile army being beaten away from the imperial castle by the allied armies." Shows the allied armies advancing toward the Boxer forces outside the imperial castle in Beijing, China. In June 1900, Boxer forces and Imperial Chinese troops besieged foreign diplomats, citizens and soldiers within the legations of Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and the United States within the city of Peking. The Battle of Peking, or the Relief of Peking, was the battle on August 14-15, 1900, in which a multi-national force, led by Britain, relieved the siege of foreign legations in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion was lead by a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. Chromolithograph, artist Torajiro Kasai, September 1900.

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4200 x 2999 px | 36.0 MB

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35.6 x 25.4 cm | 14.0 x 10.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1900 • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • ALLIED FORCES • AMERICAN ARMY • AMERICAN SOLDIERS • ANTI-IMPERIALISM • ANTI-IMPERIALIST • ARMIES ARMY • ARMIES • ARMY • ART • ARTWORK • ASIA • ASIAN • BATTLE OF PEKING • BATTLEFIELD • BOXER REBELLION • BOXER UPRISING • BRITISH SOLDIERS • CHINA • CHINA: BOXER REBELLION • CHINESE REBELS • CHINESE • CHROMOLITHOGRAPH • CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY • DRAWING • EAST ASIA • EASTERN ASIA • EMPIRE OF THE GREAT QING • ENGLISH ARMY • ENGLISH SOLDIERS • EVENT • FIGHTING • FOREIGN IMPERIALISM • GREAT QING • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • ILLUSTRATION • IMPERIAL CHINA • IMPORTANT • INFANTRY • JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY • LITHOGRAPH • MANCHU DYNASTY • MILITIA UNITED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS • NORTHERN CHINA • NOTABLE • PEKING CASTLE • QING DYNASTY • RELIEF OF PEKING • SECRET ORGANIZATION • SOLDIERS • TIANJIN • TRADITIONAL FAMOUS • TWENTIETH CENTURY • WALLED CITY • WAR • WEAPON • WELL-KNOWN • YIHETUAN MOVEMENT