The Eight-power Allied Forces Through Foreigners' Camera

China Before the Invasion of the
Eight-Power Allied Forces

The Entering of
Envoys and Legation Guards into Beijing

First Setbacks of
the Allied Forces
and the Capture of Tianjin

The Capture of
Beijing by the
Eight-Power Allied Forces

The War Before Negotiations and the Signing of the
Protocol of 1901

China Under the Protocol of 1901

In 1900, seeing the Boxers were approaching the capital, foreign envoys in Beijing delivered notes or announced statements three times on January 23, March 10 and April 6, respectively. They demanded the Qing Government annihilate the Boxers within a given time; otherwise, they would "lead the army to do the suppression on the behalf of the Qing Government."