Images Dated 17th January 2007

Capture of the Chinese city of Tientsin (Tianjin), Boxer Rebellion, 14 July 1900

Capture of the Chinese city of Tientsin (Tianjin), Boxer Rebellion, 14 July 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901 against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics, religion and technology that occurred in China during the final years of the Qing Dynasty. The assassination of the German ambassador and the siege of foreign diplomatic legations in Peking prompted Britain, France, Germany, the US, Russia, Japan, Italy and Austria-Hungary to form the Eight Nation Alliance and intervene militarily. French trading card advertising Chocolat-Louit

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Bombardment of Blagoveshchensk, Russia, Boxer Rebellion, 15 July 1900

Bombardment of Blagoveshchensk, Russia, Boxer Rebellion, 15 July 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901 against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics, religion and technology that occurred in China during the final years of the Qing Dynasty. The assassination of the German ambassador and the siege of foreign diplomatic legations in Peking prompted Britain, France, Germany, the US, Russia, Japan, Italy and Austria-Hungary to form the Eight Nation Alliance and intervene militarily. The Chinese rebels shelled the Russian border town of Blagoveshchensk in July 1900. In reprisal, Russian Cossacks forced the town's ethnic Chinese population across the border. In the process 3000 civilians drowned in the Amur River. French trading card advertising Chocolat-Louit

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Assassination of the German Ambassador in Peking, Boxer Rebellion, China, 16 June 1900

Assassination of the German Ambassador in Peking, Boxer Rebellion, China, 16 June 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901 against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics, religion and technology that occurred in China during the final years of the Qing Dynasty. The murder of Klemens Freiherr von Kettler prompted the foreign powers to declare war on China. Britain, France, Germany, the US, Russia, Japan, Italy and Austria-Hungary formed the Eight Nation Alliance and sent troops and warships to China. French trading card advertising Chocolat-Louit

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