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

A high-ranking official about to be executed. Historical records show that Qi Xiu, Minister of Rites and Education, and Xu Chengyu, Vice Minister of Justice, were the only high-ranking officials of the Qing Government put to death at the Caishikou execution ground.