Seymour Expedition
| Seymour Expedition | |||||||
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| Part of Boxer Rebellion | |||||||
Admiral Seymour returning to Tianjin with his wounded men | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Edward Seymour David Beatty Guido von Usedom Nikolai Linevich Bowman McCalla Yamashita Gentarō Carlo Caneva Georg von Trapp |
Dong Fuxiang Ma Fulu Ma Fuxiang Ma Haiyan Yao Wang Nie Shicheng Ni Zanqing | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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916 marines 540 soldiers 312 sailors 158 sailors 112 marines 54 sailors 40 soldiers 25 sailors 2,157 total |
Tenacious Army 3,000 Muslim Kansu Braves 2,000 Boxers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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62 dead 232 wounded | Unknown | ||||||
The Seymour Expedition (Chinese: 西摩爾遠征) was an attempt by a multinational military force led by Admiral Edward Seymour to march to Beijing and relieve the Siege of the Legations from attacks by Qing China government troops and the Boxers in 1900. The Chinese and Boxer fighters defeated the Seymour armies and forced them to return to Tianjin (Tientsin). It was followed later in the summer by the successful Gaselee Expedition.