Battle of Beitang
Battle of Beitang | |||||||
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Part of the Boxer Rebellion | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russia German Empire France | Qing Dynasty | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Georg von Stackelberg Lothar von Trotha Alfred-Amédée Dodds |
Dong Fuxiang Jiang Guiti Ma Yukun | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
14,000 Russian soldiers 16,000 German marines 12,000 French soldiers | 21,000 Chinese soldiers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
845 killed 967 wounded | Heavy |
The Battle of Beitang, during the Boxer Rebellion, was fought on September 20, 1900 between the Eight Nation Alliance and the Great Qing army.
Background[]
Beitang is 5 mi (8.0 km) north of Tianjin. It was necessary to capture Beitang for organising railway connection between Tianjin and Manchuria.[citation needed]
During the night, Russian troops captured a Chinese position near the destroyed Beitang railway station, and built several batteries. In the morning, Russian and German cannons began to bombard the fortress, and at 10 a.m. the Chinese garrison fled. At noon, the fortress was captured without fighting.[citation needed]
Notes[]
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Sources[]
- Д.Г.Янчевецкий "У стен недвижного Китая". Санкт-Петерб��рг - Порт-Артур, 1903 (D.G.Yanchevetskiy "Near the Walls of unmoving China", Sankt-Peterburg - Port-Artur, 1903)
- В. Г. Дацышен «Русско-китайская война 1900 года. Поход на Пекин» — СПБ, 1999. ISBN 5-8172-0011-2 (V.G.Datsishen "Russo-chinese war of 1900. March to Beijing", Sankt-Peterburg, 1999)
Categories:
- Battles of the Boxer Rebellion involving the United States
- Conflicts in 1900
- 1900 in China
- Battles of the Boxer Rebellion
- United States Marine Corps in the 20th century
- September 1900 events