The Boxer Rebellion fought fiercely with the Russian army on the same day at Tianjin Laolongtou Railway Station

In the early morning of July 1, 1900, the Boxers and the Qing army attacked the Concession. At 7 o'clock, they began to fire artillery at the Concession, which lasted for 4 hours. By noon, the foreign troops in the concession attacked with all their strength and fought hard for five hours before being defeated.

On the 2nd, Ma Yukun and Zhang De fought fiercely with the foreign army in Hedong and Zizhu Forest. The Boxer Rebellion suffered many casualties. Ma Yukun's troops fought until the night of the next day and recaptured Laolongtou Station, killing more than 100 foreign troops in this battle.

On the 4th, Yulu sent a letter to the consuls of various countries in Zimbabwe, saying that "if your country goes to Tianjin, the officers and soldiers will not come to the concession, each will defend the situation, and the two will not invade each other."

But on this day, Qingzi bombarded the French Concession continuously. In the afternoon, more than a thousand Boxers and the brigade of government troops attacked Zizhu Forest, and the battle ended until 7 p.m. Han Zhaoqi, deputy general of the Qing army, attacked the Western army's horse team at Laolongtou Railway Station, injuring dozens of people. The first team of the Western army invaded the Haihe River on a small fiery ship and was repelled by Lu Daosheng's troops of the Qing army.

On the 5th, Nie Shicheng, the Admiral of Zhili, led 30,000 of the Wuwei front army, arrived in Tianjin and attacked Zizhu Forest with the left army of the Wuwei under the leadership of Zhejiang Admiral Ma Yukun. At the same time, the Qing army besieged the Tianjin Machine East Bureau on three sides, attacking 5 times in a day, "The bureau was full of smoke, and foreign soldiers rushed out one after another."

On the 6th, the Qing court ordered Yulu to "supervise all the troops, first destroy all the foreign bandits in the Eastern Bureau; on the one hand, work together to attack the purple bamboo forest, and restore the Dagu Fort this time", and stressed that "always take blocking the road to the north as the first priority".

On that day, from morning to dusk, the two sides fought fiercely. The Qing army concentrated artillery fire on Tianjin Station and the concession. The foreign army shelled Tianjin City for the first time on a large scale, with more than ten cannons, indiscriminately bombarding the government offices, city towers and residential buildings. The Superintendent's Office, the Transport Department, the Customs Department, the Navy Camp, and the Drum Tower were all shot and damaged. "Inside and outside the West Gate" and "Nantouyao, Yaojiawan, Gongnan, Gongbei, Jinjiayao, Guodian Street, Huayi Street, Hou Family, etc., all saw shells, and all were killed and injured." Tianjin City "All four doors are closed".

When the artillery battle was raging, the Boxers attacked the concession several times. Due to the planting of mines at various street intersections in the concession, Zhang Decheng of the "First Regiment in the World" used the field sheet fire to break the enemy's method, tied sharp daggers on the horns of 50 cows, tied torches on the tail, poured oil, and drove the cows to the concession after ignition. The galloping fire bulls stepped on all the mines, and the "boxers" took advantage of the momentum to attack.

On the 7th, from morning to night, the foreign army still bombarded the city from time to time. The governor was shot again, killing nine of his soldiers. Many residents and pedestrians in Tianjianghuai, Jinjiayao, Nantou Kilao, Maojiahuo Lane and other places were injured and died. The Qing army shelled the Purple Bamboo Forest on three sides, burning many foreign-style buildings. The foreign army also responded with artillery at Xiaoyingmen and the Concession Building.

On the 8th, thousands of Boxers attacked the Purple Bamboo Forest. The Qing army continued to fire artillery at the Purple Bamboo Forest, and the foreign troops in the concession fought separately. Nie Shicheng's army, Ma Yukun's army and Huai's army trained each army, and took over the battle, and the battle was intense. Nie Shicheng personally led the battalion officers to guerrilla Song Zhanbiao's army and fought with the foreign soldiers in the southern suburbs of Tianjin. Near the South Bureau of Machinery, the Qing army set up two new cannons, which were coordinated with the artillery fire west of the concession. The sound was very fierce, and the foreign army also fired hundreds of cannons into the city, and the fire in the city was continuous.

On the 9th, the Qing court dismissed Nie Shicheng, the prefect of Zhili, for "not knowing how to cheer up" and "having no achievements", and ordered them to "strictly supervise all battalions under his command to quickly suppress the foreigners in Zizhu Forest." On this day, Nie Shicheng died in Balitai, Tianjin. The story of Yulu's memorial: "On the ugly moment of the 13th, a large group of foreign soldiers attacked the army's team stationed in Balitai. The foreign soldiers attacked in all directions, and the guns rained like rain. The admiral suffered gunshot wounds in both legs, and the commander was not allowed to retreat. Song Zhanbiao, the camp official, advised him to retreat and rest. The admiral was unstoppable and still relied on his sword to supervise the battle. He was also pierced by the enemy's spear in his left and right cheeks, his neck, forehead, etc. An inch below the navel was blown through by shells, and his intestines popped out a few inches. He was killed immediately. Song Zhanbiao, his camp official, also died with him. Jing Bianbing and others retrieved the body of the admiral.¡»

On that day, 1000 Japanese infantry, 150 cavalry, two squadrons of field artillery, 400 Russian troops, and 1000 British troops stormed the Qing army artillery positions, machine West Bureau and other places in the Concession. The Boxer Rebellion attacked at the racetrack, and the Japanese cavalry rushed back and forth. Hundreds of the Boxer Rebellion died and about 300 of the Qing army died. The foreign army occupied the West Bureau and set fire to the West Bureau. The front left battalion of the Huai Army and the middle battalion of the new rifle team of the Training Army rushed to fight and drove the foreign army back to the Concession. Davis, the commander of the U.S. ship, was killed and the lieutenant general Rusong was injured. At 3 p.m., the Qing army and the Boxer Rebellion attacked Zizhu Forest again. Zhang Decheng personally commanded and killed dozens of foreign soldiers. It is reported that as many as 2000 regiment soldiers died in battle that day. This was because the officers and soldiers intended to drive the regiment soldiers into the front enemy. The officers and soldiers "went to the village to search for the regiment bandits and ordered them to be the vanguard of the enemy. Otherwise, they would be killed, and the regiment bandits would have no choice but to move forward with swords." "The one at the forefront was dead. In the latter, they were afraid and wanted to escape. The officers and soldiers were furious when they saw it. If they retreated, the latter were killed by shooting. Therefore, so many bandits died in the evening regiment, and not all foreign soldiers killed them.¡»

On the 10th, the foreigners sent a letter to Yulu: "If the Chinese artillery shells are fired at the concession again, I will use the artillery to bombard Jincheng." Yulu refused. In the evening, the Japanese, German and Russian armies totaled 8,000 people and attacked Jincheng in two ways. The Japanese army hit lightning and suffered casualties of 600 or 700 people. That night, Ma Yukun led the 6th battalion to attack from the old Yutou railway station. Li Dachuan, the commander of the right road, led the team to capture the railway. Li was shot and killed. The Qing army continued to shell the purple bamboo forest. The Boxer regiment "marched with knives and helped the battle with Qi Xiao". Yulu rewarded the Tianjin army with silver 100,000. Wang Decheng of the Boxer regiment and other flour more than 24,000 catties.

At 3 a.m. on the 11th, the Boxer Rebellion and the Qing army stormed Laolongtou Station. The fierce fighting lasted for three hours. The French army killed 10 people and injured 34 others; the Japanese army killed 23 people and injured 60 others; and the British army suffered slight casualties. Up to 300 Qing troops and regiment civilians were killed. At dawn, fierce fighting also broke out in the Hedong area. The Qing army fought bravely and the foreign army was defeated. Citizens sent white sugar cakes, mung bean soup, watermelons, ice water and other condolences to the soldiers.

At 1:00 in the afternoon, the foreign army shelled the residents of Jincheng. The shelling continued, the branch office was burned, more than 10 holes were hit in the south city wall, and there were many shells in the southwest gate. There were more than 20 shells in the supervisor's office. The lookout tower of the naval camp was destroyed. The Jin family saw shells in the kiln, and the Hebei street also saw shells. "The people who fled, men, women and children, all came to the road, and it was terrible to see."

On this day, Luo Rongguang, the commander of Tianjin Town, committed suicide by taking poison.

The Eight-Power Allied Forces fought against the Qing Army and the Boxers in the Urban area of Tianjin

The Eight-Power Allied Forces advanced from Dagu to Tianjin

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