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A historical record of Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China1August, 90014th, Eight-Nation Alliance launched a general attack on Beijing and occupied the whole city within three days. /kloc-in the early morning of August 4, Eight-Nation Alliance launched a general attack on Beijing. Russian troops attacked Dongzhimen, Japanese troops attacked Chaoyangmen and American troops attacked Dongbianmen. In the early morning 1 1, the east gate was breached, and some American troops took the lead in breaking into the outer city. The British arrived in Beijing at noon and attacked Guangqumen until 2 pm. At 9 o'clock in the evening, Russian and Japanese troops broke into houses in the east and Chaoyang. The British kept a diary and said: The wall facing the Japanese and Russians is 60 feet high. The top is 40 feet wide, and the top of the city wall is crowded with troops. The two troops were blocked all day. People have tried to blast the city gate with high explosives countless times, but every time someone was sent to light the fuse, but they were all knocked down. This situation continued until the Japanese and Russians were each killed by 100 people. When American troops attacked Dongbianmen, the city wall was only thirty feet high and nine feet wide, which was far from China's firepower. So the American army decided to climb up from the corner of the city wall with a ladder, and some people from the ninth infantry regiment climbed up with the stars and stripes. However, although this is the first time to enter the outer city of Beijing, they are still exposed to the painful gunfire from the city wall. At noon, the British attacked Xuanwu Gate. After firing ten to twelve shells, the gate was opened.
On June 5438+05, Eight-Nation Alliance attacked the inner city of Beijing and the Forbidden City. The Americans said they had decided to attack the Imperial Capital, and General Sha Fei ordered the American troops to gather at the front door. At about 7: 30 in the morning on the 15th, four cannons were installed on the inner wall above the front door, three cannons were aimed at Shunzhi Gate, and a quarter of a mile to the west, enemy infantry and poor artillery were firing. Another gun aimed at the imperial city. When the allied forces rushed through Tiananmen Square to attack the second gate of the imperial city, they were attacked by heavy artillery fire from the tower on the wall. On this day, the sound of guns continued to bombard the inner city. American troops opened fire at Zhengyangmen, and smoke billowed from the first three doors. At night, the north looks into the city, red for a long time, as bright as day. In the middle of the night, guns were heard, and officers and men took over the battle in Tiananmen Square. Using foreign soldiers to bomb guns, the situation is exhausted. The procession approached the noon gate. The Tiger God Battalion of the Qing army guards the back door and the Jingshan area, ready for battle. At dawn, it fought with foreign soldiers for a long time. Many soldiers were killed and bodies were everywhere. Artillery fire broke out one after another, destroying the back door and spreading to the houses on both sides, all of which were reduced to ashes. Former Jilin General Mao Yan guarded Andingmen. Knowing that the tide was ebbing, he went to the city. So the nine gates of the capital were acquired by Britain, Japan, the United States and Russia, and their flags were erected. The Qing army and the allied forces fought in the street, and the allied forces fought with the Qing army for one day, to outdo each other. Japanese, Russian and British troops gradually expelled the Qing soldiers and retreated to the northwest. The US military attacked the south gate of the Imperial City with artillery, "and immediately destroyed several doors.
/kloc-in June of 0/6, the Qing army continued to fight fiercely all over the capital. The Americans who witnessed it said that thousands of people had been hiding in the palace wall since the afternoon before yesterday, waiting for the opportunity. China's bullet was also very fierce. He ran in through the broken and inclined door, and his heart was beating. There is a dead body of China on the ground, which is determined by nature. The attack on the dead is still fierce. French Archbishop alfons faville wrote in his diary: There are many roadblocks in the street, all of which are rice bags. In addition to the boxers and the officers and men in the house, there are at least 1500 officers and men stationed in the street, all carrying fast guns. At 7 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese and French troops rescued the Sishiku Church and fought fiercely with the Qing soldiers at Xihuamen. 800 Qing soldiers were killed, 2 French soldiers were killed and 3 were injured. Around 10, the French minister and the prefect met Bishop Fan in Sishku Church to celebrate the rest of their lives and embraced each other as a gift. The church was besieged for more than two months, 400 parishioners were killed, 76 children were killed by mines, 10 French soldiers were killed and 5 Italian soldiers were killed. In the evening, Eight-Nation Alliance occupied the whole city. 1900 August 16 Eight-Nation Alliance looted Beiping and raped and killed women in China. 16 In August, commanders of various countries chartered troops to openly rob for three days, and Beijing fell into unprecedented pain. This is the first time in hundreds of years that foreign occupation forces looted the capital of China. Japanese Uematsu Ryoji reported on the spot that the towering tower was destroyed and burned by the allied forces. For hundreds of years, it has lost its beautiful face, leaving only one or two old traces of ears. In and out of the city, soldiers were killed and the market was destroyed, 23%. Residents fled in all directions, their brothers and wives separated, and their faces were bleak. Wealth is plundered by others, and women are humiliated by others and cannot protect themselves. The allies in Beijing this time are not as disciplined as before. The sergeant assigned to the school made an appointment with his peers and plundered openly during the day, which we witnessed with our own eyes. It is no exaggeration to count the residences of rich and powerful officials in Beijing. The silver stored in internal and external vaults, millions of strings of newly minted money stored in Qianfatang, and rice grains stored in Mi Lu and other warehouses have all been removed. I also heard that all the palaces in the palace and the furnishings in the Summer Palace were looted. It is reported that foreign soldiers from all over the world, in the name of capturing the Boxer Rebellion and searching for ordnance, crossed the sea in groups of three and five, carrying guns and sharp knives, kicking and beating from house to house in every street. Bedroom secret room, rummaging everywhere, searching everywhere. All soft and valuable things, such as money, clocks and watches, are robbed, which is called disturbing the people. You will be killed if you get in the way. In a letter to his family, Ruicheng said: Foreign soldiers from all over the world have arrived in Jiucheng, the flame blazers burned in the south of Di 'anmen Bridge for three days and three nights, and the west four burned out in Xidan, and the Chaoyangmen Tower and Qianmen Tower were all burned out. Wadesi reported to the Kaiser that the details of all the damage and robbery suffered by China this time will never be found out, but the amount will be extremely considerable. In addition, there are quite a few cases of rape of women, cruelty, random killing during robbery and unprovoked arson, which also increases the suffering of residents.
Allied forces looted the Forbidden City, the Three Seas, the Imperial City and the Summer Palace. The Temple of Heaven lost 1 148, the country lost 168, the Songzhu Temple lost more than 3,000 gold-plated buddhas, more than 50 bronze buddhas, 0/3 magnetic buddhas, 2 pairs of magnetic bottles 12, and 40 gold-plated objects. Six departments and nine departments were occupied as barracks by armies of various countries and plundered wantonly. 265, 438+0, 65, 438+0, 65, 438+0373, 65, 438+02, 2 jade treasures, 282 ceremonial sticks for the imperial concubine, 84 colorful sticks for the imperial concubine, 65, 438+0 new and old cloud umbrellas, and the brocade was lost in the warehouse. The Hanlin Academy lost tens of thousands of classics, and the Yongle Grand Ceremony lost another 307. Tens of thousands of newly minted copper coins in Qianfatang, gold and steel ritual vessels in Taichang Temple and gold and silver tableware in Guanglu Temple were all looted. The Japanese army snatched 3 million taels of silver and countless silks and satins from the treasury of the Ministry of the Interior, and 322,000 taels of rice and all the silver from the Ministry of the Interior. All the treasury funds only missed 60 million taels of silver, and the value of other cultural relics and national treasures is difficult to estimate. The prince and the palace are also very attractive. The French army snatched more than 2 million taels of silver and countless antique treasures from Li Wangfu, and 365 strings of Korean pearls and antiques worth about 3 million taels of silver from Li Shan's home. The Japanese army snatched 302,000 pieces of silver hidden in the well from Baojun House. According to the report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, "There are more than 2,000 treasures lost in the palace, including 24 jasper shells, 47,506 books in the Four Treasures, 2 Admiralty, 4 sets of Li Tinggui ink 1 set, 4 sets of Wanting large screen, 65,440 pieces of Jade Horse 1 horse, and 65,440 pieces of" Reverse Printing ". As for the damage to houses, businesses and shops, it is impossible to estimate. At the beginning of entering the city, Eight-Nation Alliance surrounded all the altars and searched for the Boxer Rebellion, killing more than 1700 people in Zhuang Wangfu alone, and even shooting people in China. The French army drove a group of China people into a dead end and strafed them for 15 minutes until no one was alive. The embassy staff also held a killing competition for personal pleasure. The streets of Beijing are littered with corpses. After the allied forces expelled the bodies from the China cleaning office, they all killed the cleaners. We should keep in mind the national humiliation and strive for self-improvement! I hope I can help you, please adopt it. Thank you!