Battle of Peking (1900)

This article is about the 1900 battle. For list of other battles also called "Battle of Peking", see Battle of Beijing.

Battle of Peking
Part of the Boxer Rebellion

The Allied Armies launch a general offensive on Peking Castle, by Torajirō Kasai (1900)
Date14–15 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:
 Boxers
Qing dynasty Qing dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Empire of Japan Yamaguchi Motomi
Russian Empire Nikolai Linevich
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Alfred Gaselee
United States Adna Chaffee
French Third Republic Henri-Nicolas Frey
Kingdom of Italy Federico Tommaso Paolini
Qing dynasty Yuan Shikai		 Qing dynasty Ronglu
Qing dynasty Prince Duan
Qing dynasty Dong Fuxiang
Qing dynasty Ma Fulu †
Qing dynasty Ma Fuxiang
Qing dynasty Ma Haiyan
Qing dynasty Ma Yukun
Qing dynasty Song Qing
Strength
c.20,000 c.1,000,000
Casualties and losses
Heavy losses (Unknown total) 30 000 killed
28 567 wounded

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.