As Allied troops move from Beijing into…

August 1900 CE

As Allied troops move from Beijing into the North China countryside, they execute unknown numbers of people accused or suspected of being or resembling Boxer rebels, which will become the subject of an early short film.

A US Marine will write that he witnessed German and Russian troops raping and then bayoneting women.

Locations
Beijing (Peking) Beijing Shi (Peking) China View →

People
Empress Dowager Cixi View → Guangxu Emperor View → Li Hongzhang View →

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Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty View → Russian Empire View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Belgium, Kingdom of View → Austria-Hungary View → Japan, Empire of (Meiji Period) View → France (French republic); the Third Republic View → Italy, Kingdom of View → German Empire (“Second Reich”) View → Boxers View →

Topics
Boxer Rebellion View →

Subjects
Conflict View → Mayhem View → political movement View →

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