✦ History

Part of Boxer Rebellion

Battle of Peking (1900)

August 14–15, 1900 · Battle of Peking (1900)

Result Eight Nation Alliance victory

The Gaselee relief force broke into Beijing and lifted the siege of the legations.

On the map Contemporaries

Eight-Nation Alliance

Qing China and Boxers

United Kingdom
United States
Russian Empire
Japan
France
German Empire
Italy
Austria-Hungary
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Belgium
British Raj
Netherlands
Imperial China
Adna Chaffee military commander Nikolai Linevich military commander Yamaguchi Motomi military commander Alfred Gaselee military commander
Ronglu military commander Zaiyi military commander Dong Fuxiang military commander Ma Fuxiang military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 20,000

Units

China Relief Expedition Gaselee relief force (1900) 17th Horse (Poona Horse)