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in order to relieve the siege. The force consisted of approximately 20,000 troops, with contingents from: Japan, 10,000; Russia, 4,000; Great
Britain, 3,000; United States, 2,000; France, 800; Germany, 200; and Austria and Italy, 100. Reconnaissance indicated that the Chinese forces were entrenched
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Chinese lines. They then pushed forward on the flank of the Chinese positions. At dawn an artillery duel began between the Japanese and Chinese that lasted about a half-hour. During the artillery barrage a Japanese regiment crept forward and launched a direct assault on
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Chinese lines and for the Russians and French to turn the left flank on the opposite side of the Hay River. The Chinese force, estimated at between 8,000 and 12,000, was positioned behind several lines of well-constructed
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Chinese army was forced out of its prepared entrenchments and retreated to Yangcun. The Japanese contingent led the Alliance attack; with contingents also being present from Russia, Britain, America and France.
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in June 1900, Boxer fighters, convinced they were invulnerable to foreign weapons, converged on
Beijing with the slogan "Support the Qing government and exterminate the foreigners". The Chinese
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