Battle of Peking (1900)

Battle of Peking
	Part of the Boxer Rebellion
	; The Allied Armies launch a general offensive on Peking Castle, by Torajirō Kasai (1900)
Date	14–15 August 1900
Location	Beijing, China39°54′24″N 116°23′51″E / 39.90667°N 116.39750°E
Result	Eight Nation Aliance victory
Belligerents
Eight-Nation Alliance British Empire Russia Japan France Germany United States Italy Austria-Hungary Spain; Belgium; Netherlands; India; Mutual Defence Pact of Southeast China	Boxer movement; Qing dynasty;
Commanders and leaders
Yamaguchi Motomi; Nikolai Linevich; Alfred Gaselee; Adna Chaffee; Henri-Nicolas Frey; Federico Tommaso Paolini Yuan Shikai	Ronglu; Prince Duan; Dong Fuxiang; Ma Fulu †; Ma Fuxiang; Ma Haiyan; Ma Yukun; Song Qing
Strength
c. 20,000	c. 80,000
Casualties and losses
Heavy losses (Unknown total)	30,000 killed; 28,567 wounded

The Battle of Peking (Chinese: 北京之戰), or historically the Relief of Peking (Chinese: 北京解圍戰), was the battle fought on 14–15 August 1900 in Beijing, in which the Eight-Nation Alliance relieved the siege of the Peking Legation Quarter during the Boxer Rebellion. From 20 June 1900, Boxers and Imperial Chinese Army troops had besieged foreign diplomats, citizens and soldiers within the legations of Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, The German Empire, Japan, Netherlands, The Russian Empire, Spain and the United States.