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The Siege of the International Legations occurred during the Boxer Rebellion in the Chinese city of Beijing (Peking). Menaced by the Boxers, an anti-Christian, anti-foreign peasant movement, 900 soldiers, marines and civilians, largely from Europe, Japan, and the United States, and about 2,800 Chinese Christians took refuge in the Beijing Legation Quarter. The Qing government took the side of the Boxers.

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  • The Siege of the International Legations occurred during the Boxer Rebellion in the Chinese city of Beijing (Peking). Menaced by the Boxers, an anti-Christian, anti-foreign peasant movement, 900 soldiers, marines and civilians, largely from Europe, Japan, and the United States, and about 2,800 Chinese Christians took refuge in the Beijing Legation Quarter. The Qing government took the side of the Boxers.
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  • Siege of the International Legations
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  • 55 soldiers killed, 135 soldiers wounded, 13 civilians killed, 24 civilians wounded
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  • France
  • Eight-Nation Alliance:
  • border|20pxYihetuan Boxers
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  • Alliedvictory
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  • 409 soldiers; 473 foreign civilians; 2,800 Chinese Christians
  • 20,000 Manchu bannermen (not engaged in combat)
  • 10,000 ManchuHushenyingbannermen, 10,000 MuslimKansu Braves(engaged in combat)
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