Japanese and
British troops attack members of the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists ("Boxers") at Beijing Castle during the Boxer Rebellion of 1899–1901. The Boxers, angered by foreign
imperialist expansion into
Qing Dynasty China, had engaged in
looting,
arson, and killings of foreigners. In 1900, the
Empress Dowager Cixi employed the Boxers to attack foreign settlements in
Beijing. The uprising was eventually put down by 20,000 troops from the
Eight-Nation Alliance.Artist: Kasai Torajirō; Restoration:
Staxringold
Japanese and
British troops attack members of the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists ("Boxers") at Beijing Castle during the Boxer Rebellion of 1899–1901. The Boxers, angered by foreign
imperialist expansion into
Qing Dynasty China, had engaged in
looting,
arson, and killings of foreigners. In 1900, the
Empress Dowager Cixi employed the Boxers to attack foreign settlements in
Beijing. The uprising was eventually put down by 20,000 troops from the
Eight-Nation Alliance.Artist: Kasai Torajirō; Restoration:
Staxringold