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THE WORLD’S NAVIES IN THE
BOXER REBELLION
(CHINA 1900)

Defenders of Legations
Defenders of Legations.

Frontispiece

THE

WORLD’S NAVIES

IN THE

BOXER REBELLION

(China 1900)

BY

Lieut. C. C. DIX, R.N.

With Illustrations

LONDON

DIGBY, LONG & CO.

18 BOUVERIE STREET, FLEET STREET, E.C.

1905

(All Rights Reserved)

[Pg v]

CONTENTS

Chap.Page
I.Prelude9
II.The Bombardment and Storming of Taku Forts27
III.First Siege of Tientsin46
IV.Seymour’s Dash for Pekin70
V.Relief of Tientsin95
VI.Relief of Seymour113
VII.Pei-Yang—Second Siege of Tientsin130
VIII.Capture of Tientsin Native City155
IX.Scenes in the Captured City: Tientsin Looted176
X.Summary: Final Preparations for Advance: Fighting around Tientsin193
XI....

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