Peking 1900

The Boxer Rebellion

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Peking 1900

The Boxer Rebellion

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Osprey's study of the violent Boxer Rebellion, which swept northern China in 1900. The Boxers were a secret society who sought to rid their country of the pernicious influence of the foreign powers who had gradually acquired a stranglehold on China. With the connivance of the Imperial Court they laid siege to the legation quarter of Peking. Trapped inside were an assortment of diplomats, civilians and a small number of troops. They were all Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister in Peking, had to defend against thousands of hostile Boxers and Imperial troops. It would now be a race against time. Could the rag-tag defenders hold out long enough for the gathering relief force to reach them? This book describes the desperate series of events as the multinational force rushed to their rescue.

Table of Contents

Background to the Boxer Rebellion

Chronology
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
The Siege and Relief of Peking
The aftermath of the Siege
The Battlefield Today

Guide to Further Reading
Index

Product details

Published May 25 2001
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781841761817
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 72 b/w; 30 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 85
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Peter Harrington

Peter Harrington, a native of Manchester, England,…

Illustrator

Michael Perry

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