Combat· Boxer Rebellion
Battle of Peking
After the foreign legations in Peking had been under siege for weeks during the Boxer Rebellion, a large allied army made up of troops from eight nations fought its way toward the city to rescue them.
American Marines were part of that relief force. When the column reached the great walls of Peking, the troops had to break through the gates and clear the enemy out of the Tartar City, the walled district where the legations stood. The Marines took part in the assault on the city's gates and in the hard fighting through the streets and walls inside. As the allied troops pushed in, they reached the worn-out defenders who had held on for nearly two months. The Boxer and Imperial forces were driven out, the siege was lifted, and the foreigners and Chinese Christians who had sheltered in the legations were finally safe.
Podcast episodes on Boxer Rebellion
Record no. 18