Seymour Expedition

Seymour Expedition
Part of Boxer Rebellion

Admiral Seymour returning to Tianjin with his wounded men
Date10–28 June 1900
Location
Tianjin, China
Result Chinese victory[1]
Belligerents
United Kingdom
Germany
 Russia
 France
 United States
 Japan
 Italy
 Austria-Hungary
 Qing China
Yìhéquán
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward Seymour
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland David Beatty
German Empire Guido von Usedom
Russian Empire Nikolai Linevich
United States Bowman McCalla
Empire of Japan Yamashita Gentarō
Kingdom of Italy Carlo Caneva
Austria-Hungary Georg von Trapp
Qing dynasty Dong Fuxiang
Qing dynasty Ma Fulu
Qing dynasty Ma Fuxiang
Qing dynasty Ma Haiyan
Qing dynasty Yao Wang
Qing dynasty Nie Shicheng
Ni Zanqing
Strength
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 916 marines
German Empire 540 soldiers
Russian Empire 312 sailors
French Third Republic 158 sailors
United States 112 marines
Empire of Japan 54 sailors
Kingdom of Italy 40 soldiers
Austria-Hungary 25 sailors
2,157 total
Tenacious Army
3,000 Muslim Kansu Braves
2,000 Boxers
Casualties and losses
62 dead
232 wounded[2]
Unknown

The Seymour Expedition (Chinese: 西摩爾遠征) was an attempt by a multinational military force to march to Beijing and relieve the Siege of the Legations and foreign nationals from attacks by Qing China's government troops and the Boxers in 1900. The Chinese army and Boxer fighters defeated the Seymour armies and forced them to return to Tianjin (Tientsin). It was followed later in the summer by the successful Gaselee Expedition.

  1. ^ Paul A. Cohen (1997). History in three keys: the boxers as event, experience, and myth. Columbia University Press. p. 49. ISBN 0-231-10651-3. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  2. ^ Fleming, p. 89