Combat· Boxer Rebellion
Siege of the Peking Legations
In 1900 an anti-foreign uprising in China, known as the Boxer Rebellion, swept toward the capital, Peking.
Foreign diplomats, their families, and thousands of Chinese Christians took refuge in the walled Legation Quarter as Boxer and Chinese Imperial forces surrounded them. A small detachment of American Marines under Captain John Myers had been rushed up from the fleet to guard the U.S. Legation before the city was cut off. For weeks the international guard, made up of troops from several nations, held the perimeter against constant attack. The American Marines helped defend the barricades along the old Tartar City Wall, one of the most dangerous and important points in the line. For months the outside world had no reliable news and feared the defenders had been wiped out. They held on until an allied army fought its way in and lifted the siege.
Podcast episodes on Boxer Rebellion
Record no. 16