Автор: Peter Harrington
Название: Peking 1900: The Boxer Rebellion
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2013
ASIN: B01BY3APY2
Серия: Campaign (Book 85)
Язык: English
Формат: epub
Размер: 37,1 mb
Страниц: 96
In 1900 a violent rebellion swept northern China – the Boxer Rebellion. 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.
BACKGROUND TO THE SIEGE OF PEKING
Anti-Foreign Riots • Sino-Japanese War • The Emergence of the Boxers
CHRONOLOGY
OPPOSING COMMANDERS
OPPOSING FORCES
Chinese Forces • Order of Battle: Chinese Imperial Army
Allied Forces • Order of Battle: Allied Forces
OPPOSING PLANS
The First Relief Attempt • The Capture of the Taku Forts
The Siege of Tientsin
THE SIEGE OF PEKING
The Siege of Peking – First Stage • The Siege of Peking – Second Stage
The Relief of Peking
AFTERMATH
THE BATTLEFIELD TODAY
FURTHER READING
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