Also under siege in Beijing is the…
June 1900 CE
Also under siege in Beijing is the North Cathedral, the Beitang of the Catholic Church.
The Beitang is defended by forty-three French and Italian soldiers, thirty-three foreign Catholic priests and nuns, and about thirty-two hundred Chinese Catholics.
The will defenders suffer heavy casualties from lack of food and Chinese mines that explode in tunnels dug beneath the compound.
People
Groups
Christians, Roman Catholic
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Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty
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Russian Empire
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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
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Austria-Hungary
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Japan, Empire of (Meiji Period)
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France (French republic); the Third Republic
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Italy, Kingdom of
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German Empire (“Second Reich”)
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Boxers
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