Peking 1900

Informationen zum Autor Peter Harrington Klappentext Osprey's study of the violent Boxer Rebellion, which swept northern China in 1900. The Boxers were a secret society who sought to rid their country of the pernicious influence of the foreign powers who had gradually acquired a stranglehold on China. With the connivance of the Imperial Court they laid siege to the legation quarter of Peking. Trapped inside were an assortment of diplomats, civilians and a small number of troops. They were all Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister in Peking, had to defend against thousands of hostile Boxers and Imperial troops. It would now be a race against time. Could the rag-tag defenders hold out long enough for the gathering relief force to reach them? This book describes the desperate series of events as the multinational force rushed to their rescue. Zusammenfassung A concise, detailed examination of the Siege of the International Legations and its aftermath, featuring special artwork and maps. Inhaltsverzeichnis Background to the Boxer Rebellion Chronology Opposing Commanders Opposing Armies Opposing Plans The Siege and Relief of Peking The aftermath of the Siege The Battlefield Today Guide to Further Reading Index

Autorentext
Peter Harrington

Klappentext
Osprey's study of the violent Boxer Rebellion, which swept northern China in 1900. The Boxers were a secret society who sought to rid their country of the pernicious influence of the foreign powers who had gradually acquired a stranglehold on China. With the connivance of the Imperial Court they laid siege to the legation quarter of Peking. Trapped inside were an assortment of diplomats, civilians and a small number of troops. They were all Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister in Peking, had to defend against thousands of hostile Boxers and Imperial troops. It would now be a race against time. Could the rag-tag defenders hold out long enough for the gathering relief force to reach them? This book describes the desperate series of events as the multinational force rushed to their rescue.

Zusammenfassung
A concise, detailed examination of the Siege of the International Legations and its aftermath, featuring special artwork and maps.

Inhalt
Background to the Boxer Rebellion

Chronology
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
The Siege and Relief of Peking
The aftermath of the Siege
The Battlefield Today

Guide to Further Reading
Index

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