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 the early morning of August 14, the Russian and French troops fired at Dongbianmen with cannons, raising the curtain of the attack on the City of Beijing. The watchtower over the city gate at Dongbiannmen was damaged beyond recognition.