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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory Eight-Power Allied Forces Occupy Tianjin
On July 13, 1900, the Allied Forces of the Eight Powers launched a general attack on Tianjin in two directions. The Qing army 20,000 more than one person to resist desperately. The Boxers dug up the embankment and flooded the river. But the troops of the United States, Britain, France, Austria and other countries still entered the city walls. On the afternoon of July 14, Tianjin fell. Residents rushed to the north gate to escape, and many were killed by the invading army on the streets. The Allied Forces of the Eight Powers looted wildly, and all the offices were destroyed. The city was broken with bricks and tiles, and the ground was in a mess. Countless people were killed, and the bodies of the victims piled up like mountains, and the bodies of the victims floating on the Haihe River blocked the river. Only 100,000 of Tianjin's residents 1 million population were left. On the 15th, the Allied forces carried out a partition occupation of Jincheng. The Allied forces carried out violence, burning, killing and looting everywhere. The Japanese army robbed 2 million two silver, the US army dug out millions of two silver from the ground, the art treasures treasured in the Haiphong Public Office and hundreds of tons of silver in the market making factory were all robbed by the Russian army, and the silver worth 400,000 dollars in the foundry bureau was all looted by the US army. The Russian army, the US military and the Japanese army also robbed a lot of weapons and ammunition. Comment: Don't forget the national humiliation! Keywords: July 14, 1900, Eight-Power Allied Forces, Tianjin News raw data sources → https://today.help.bj.cn/show/?id=15029 17WorldNews[2025.09.27-13:06] 访问:87
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