The Eight-Power Allied Forces launched a general attack on Tianjin. Faced with the Boxers armed with swords and spears and the Qing army with poor weapons, the Eight-Power Allied Forces marched straight in.

In the early morning of July 13, 1900, the Eight-Power Allied Forces split into two groups to launch a general attack into Tianjin. At 5 a.m., the coalition forces bombarded Tianjin violently. The left route was composed of Russian and German troops. Russian Lieutenant General Alekseyev was under the command of the Russian Navy. He attacked the northeast corner and the Black Fort area at the Sancha River from the railway station along the river; The right route was composed of the British, Japanese, American, French and Austrian troops, with Major General Fukushima of Japan as command, and attacked the South Gate of Tianjin from Haiguang Temple. More than 20,000 people from the Qing army fought desperately. Outside the south gate, the Boxers dug up the river embankment and flooded it with water, creating a vast ocean. The troops of the United States, Britain, France, Austria and other countries still entered the city wall. Ma Yukun and He Yongsheng's troops fought back through the city. The Boxers fired at the coalition forces in the ditch and reeds outside the city, killing many officers including the commander of the US Colonel and the commander of the Japanese army, and wounding more than 800 coalition forces.

On the early morning of July 14th, the Japanese army crossed the moat and bombed a section of the city wall on the south side of Jincheng, and then broke in. The British army followed suit one after another, and at 6 o'clock, a large group of allied troops and armed parishioners occupied Nancheng. Soon, the Russian army also invaded from the east side of the city. The Qing army and the people in the city fought hard until the afternoon. Due to the heavy sacrifice, they could not defeat the enemy and withdrew from the battle, and Tianjin fell.

On July 14, the Eight-Power Allied Forces occupied Tianjin. Wanton looting and slaughtering. There is a drum tower in the city."Foreigners led their religious people to climb the tower. When they saw that the north gate was crowded and could not leave, they fired guns, and dozens of people would be killed in each row. He released the fireworks again, and the bullets rushed out of the city gate among the crowd. More people died and more people fought to escape. Some died when they were shot, some died when they fell, some died when they were hacked with knives because they fought for the road, and some died when they were hacked, and some died when they were trampled on the ground. The former serves, and the latter serves again, practices and dies, piled up layer upon layer, and grows taller. The report said: "Tianjin City fell at dawn, and residents rushed to escape towards the north gate. Most of them were killed on the streets by the foreign soldiers. The foreign soldiers looted wantonly. The first to bear the brunt were pawnshops, gold shops, and silver houses. Then they robbed other shops and large households. All government offices were also destroyed. From the Drum Tower to the Water Pavilion outside the North Gate, corpses were piled for several miles. Commercial centers, such as Guyi Street, Guodian Street, Zhuzhu Lane, and Roushikou in the north of the city, were all looted, and Gongnan, Gongbei, and Xiaoyanghuo Street in the east of the city were all looted. "At the same time, the coalition army also raped women and lasted for three days. "Witnesses said: " See the east of the river, endless and flat. Turning to Xinma Road is the same as in Hedong. From Majiakou to the surroundings of the French Concession, there were once many luxurious houses and high-rise buildings. There were many shops in the French Concession, but now none of them exist. From the French Concession to Tianjin, there were people living in paved households. At that time, there were broken bricks and tiles, and the ground was in ruins. It was more than two miles away from the gate, but I still asked for a house but couldn't find it. The scene was full of tragic conditions, which made me sad to say. "" From Guodian Street to Weiyi Street to Zhenshi Street, it was also burned. "" The beautiful and prosperous land has turned into a field of rubble, and there are people who are really blind."" The most miserable thing is Ximen. When I visited the residents, I learned that foreign soldiers had actually broken through the West Gate and entered, so I encountered this disaster. "Countless people were killed in Ximen, and their bodies piled up like mountains. The floating corpses on the Haihe River blocked the river and could not be cleaned up in three days.

On the 15th, the coalition forces occupied Tianjin by zones. France occupies the Northwest Region, Britain occupies the Southwest Region, the United States occupies the Northeast Region, and Japan occupies the Southeast Region. Outside the north gate was occupied by Russian and Japanese troops. The coalition forces are still rampant in violence and setting fires everywhere. There was no way to save him, and he couldn't prevent it. One family was caught in fire and spread to many others. The North Gate was burned to death, with many people burned to death.

"Every day, foreign soldiers line the streets and alleys, carrying foreign guns, in groups of three to five, asking for chickens, ducks, watermelons, eggs and other things from each family. If they feel dissatisfied, they will shoot and bomb them. He also searched for jewelry, foreign coins, time tables and other items, and rummaged through boxes and boxes, unable to bear the disturbance. If he stopped him, he would start to hurt people or actually shoot and bombard them. "" Only Russia and France are the most violent soldiers of all countries. They are unreasonable, and the German soldiers are also very powerful. "In the Hedong area, there are cases of foreign soldiers raping women. "The place where the Russians lived was severely murdered. They were looted and burned, followed by adultery, and the residents fled.¡»

The burning, killing and looting continued for many days. The Japanese army stole 2 million taels of silver from the Salt Transportation Agency. The U.S. military has excavated millions of silver strands from the ground, which can be piled into a silver mountain 30 feet high and 30 feet wide. The art treasures collected in the coastal defense office and hundreds of tons of silver stored in the market factory were looted by the Russian army. All $400,000 worth of silver from the Foundry Bureau was looted by the US military. The Russian army seized more than 300 artillery pieces and a large amount of ammunition from the powder magazine, Dongjuzi, Yingpan and other places. The U.S. military seized 40 Krupp guns and new Rudenfort guns, as well as a considerable number of small arms and artillery shells of various calibers from the South Gate Ordnance Station. The Japanese army looted more than 800 guns of various types, 8 artillery pieces and a large number of ammunition from the Navy Camp, Customs Road Yamen and other places. The robbery even reached the most insane stage. Even the coffin containing the dead was dug out and chopped up by the coalition forces. Look for gold and silver jewelry.

With a population of 1 million, only 100,000 are left. A US soldier who participated in the robbery said: "Tianjin is like a piece of fat meat. The meat has been scraped away, leaving only dried bones. There are all kinds of strange things that can be shocked or feared, and mutilations and insults all appear openly in the world.¡»

Tianjin Market destroyed by the artillery of the Eight-Power Allied Forces

Tianjin citizens who were evicted from their homes

Indian soldiers seize a Boxer flag