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On June 10, 1900, Seymour led the Allied forces of the Eight Nations to march towards Beijing
On this day, 125 years ago, June 10, 1900 (May 14, 1900, the lunar calendar), Seymour led the Eight-Power Allied Forces to Beijing. The train of the Eight-Power Allied Forces marching into Beijing was blown up and derailed by the Boxer Rebellion. On June 10, 1900, Seymour led 2000 people from the Eight-Power Allied Forces of Britain, the United States, Austria, Italy, Russia, France, Germany and Japan to travel by train from Tianjin to Beijing. On the morning of the 10th, the first batch of 500 people were in total, including 300 British troops, 100 American troops, 60 Austrian troops, and 40 Italian troops. Immediately, a second batch of about 600 people was formed from the troops of Britain, Russia, France, Japan, Germany and other countries. They set off one after another the next day, and by the evening of the 11th, the total number of people reached 2000. Yulu tried to prevent the coalition forces from going north on the grounds that the Beijing-Tianjin trains were inaccessible, but the consuls of various countries responded sternly. The German and French troops even snatched the front of the car and left. The coalition forces brought engineers, workers and road building materials with them to repair while working. That night, the Simmosian coalition army arrived at Lofa and was intercepted by hundreds of Boxers. The two sides exchanged battles and more than 50 regiment civilians were killed. The foreign soldiers got out of the car and chased outside the village, capturing four more people. June 13. The Seymour coalition army slowly arrived at Langfang while building roads. In the afternoon, they were attacked by the Boxer Rebellion. The two sides fought fiercely, resulting in more than 30 casualties among the regiment. On the morning of the 14th, about 300 Boxer Rebellion people, armed with knives and guns, shouted loudly and attacked Langfang Station. The coalition forces shot dead about 80 people. Four Italian soldiers were killed. That night, the coalition detachment remaining at Luofa Station was besieged, and the coalition forces killed 200 regiment members. The Qing army stationed in Gaobeidian launched artillery attacks while the Boxer Rebellion was moving, killing more than 30 people. On the 16th, Seymour decided to give up going to Beijing by railway, return to Yangcun, and take a boat north by canal. On the 18th, 2000 Boxers, together with 3000 Gansu troops, attacked the remaining troops of the West Mosul Alliance Army at Langfang Station, killing 6 foreign soldiers and injuring 48 others. In the evening, the Boxer Rebellion and Gansu troops pursued and surrounded Yangcun Station, killing and wounding about 40 allied troops. At 6 a.m. on the 20th, Seymour led the coalition forces to retreat towards Tianjin along the North Canal. On the way, they were often blocked by the Boxers and Qing troops, and the sound of artillery fire continued to flow. On the 22nd, Seymour led the coalition forces to set out at 2 a.m., but they were shelled by the Qing army when they reached Xigu. At 5 a.m., the coalition forces captured the Xigu Fort. In the afternoon, the Qing army launched a counterattack with 6000 troops and killed German Lieutenant Colonel Kesselring and Orcas. On the 23rd, Nie Tucheng ordered Yang Mushi to lead his army to seize the Xigu Armory. In the morning, five battalions of the Qing army stormed and occupied the warehouse. The coalition forces fought back and lost again. The Qing army killed 120 people and injured 130 people. British Colonel Bates was killed. On the same day, about 2000 troops from the Russian, German, British and American coalition forces from Dagu to assist the Tianjin Concession arrived in Zizhu Forest in the afternoon to join the Concession garrison. The Commander-in-Chief of the Eight-Power Allied Forces, Seymour Allied Forces, said: "At one o'clock in the afternoon, soldiers from various countries entered the Tianjin Concession, and the first were soldiers from Britain and the United States. The artillery fired by the American soldiers was excellent, but the Chinese soldiers only opened their guns one after another and did not use artillery. In this battle, it was reported that three American soldiers were killed and two were injured, two British soldiers were killed and one was injured, fifteen German soldiers were killed, one general Mu was among them, and twenty-six were injured. Ten Russian soldiers were killed and thirty-seven were injured. There were no women or children in the Concession.


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