Siege at Peking

As the Imperial Government "supported" the boxers, they went to Beijing throughout the country and said they "have destroyed railroads, telegraphs, coal mines, machine shops, church and schools" and foreign articles they discovered It destroyed. . Boxers fled the capital, they searched Chinese officials who acquired foreign goods. When it turned out that one was destroyed more and more anti-foreign workers were promoted in court in May 1900.

The United States quickly hurried dispatching more troops to release the siege of Beijing. Two independent Marines left the Krabi area of ​​the Philippine Islands and joined near the Chinese giants. The first team consisted of 107 Marines from the first regiment that left USS Solace in Cavite. On 18 June two marines merged into the battalion under command of Major Littleton WT Woller. In the 20th century, this sea camp and about 400 Russians fought the Chinese near Tianjin. The Marine Corps was a pioneer of the attack of the United States R. However, it did not succeed any further to fight against the Chinese army. After overwhelming counterattacks, Americans and Russians retreated. The Marines organized a 4 hour tracked retreat guard.

After Myers' authority arrived in Beijing, the US Marine Corps participated in several strategies in China. Before the siege battle started, after the railroad was torn, the Allied troops moved northward from Tianjin to Beijing and isolated the capital. Edward Seymour, deputy general of the British Navy commanded the troops and Bowman McCaller of the US Navy captain had the power. The Seymour expedition included 112 American crew members and Marines. The Allied troops advanced north and rebuilt the railroad. Seymour expedition was 25 miles from Beijing, but was forcibly withdrawn by boxers and Chinese soldiers. Five days after the recession in the south, the Seymour unit entered the Chinese arsenal depot 6 miles north of Tianjin, where he solidified its position and waited for help.