Battle of Peking (1900)

Battle of Peking
Part of the Boxer Rebellion
The Allied Armies launch a general offensive on Peking Castle, by Torajirō Kasai (1900)
Date 14–15 August 1900 Location Beijing, China 39°54′24″N 116°23′51″E / 39.90667°N 116.39750°E / 39.90667; 116.39750 Result Allied Victory
Belligerents
Eight-Nation Alliance: Russia France Japan British Empire Germany United States Italy Austria-Hungary Mutual Protection of Southeast China	Boxers Qing dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Yamaguchi Motomi Nikolai Linevich Alfred Gaselee Adna Chaffee Henri-Nicolas Frey Federico Tommaso Paolini Yuan Shikai	Ronglu Prince Duan Dong Fuxiang Ma Fulu † Ma Fuxiang Ma Haiyan Ma Yukun Song Qing
Strength
c.20,000	c.1,000,000[citation needed]
Casualties and losses
Heavy losses (Unknown total)	30 000 killed 28 567 wounded[citation needed]

The Battle of Peking (Chinese: 北京之戰), or historically the Relief of Peking (Chinese: 北京解圍戰), was the battle fought on 14–15 August 1900 in Beijing, in which the Eight-Nation Alliance relieved the siege of the Peking Legation Quarter during the Boxer Rebellion. From 20 June 1900, Boxers and Imperial Chinese Army troops had besieged foreign diplomats, citizens and soldiers within the legations of Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and the United States.