Battle of Beitang

Battle of Beitang
Part of the Boxer Rebellion
Date 20 September 1900 Location Beitang, China Result Russo-German-French victory
Belligerents
Eight-Nation Alliance Russia Germany France	Qing dynasty
Commanders and leaders
G. von Stackelberg Lothar von Trotha Alfred-Amédée Dodds	Dong Fuxiang Jiang Guiti Ma Yukun
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Beitang, during the Boxer Rebellion, was fought on September 20, 1900, between the Eight Nation Alliance and the Great Qing army.

Background

Beitang is 5 mi (8.0 km) north of Tianjin. It was necessary to capture Beitang for organising railway connection between Tianjin and Manchuria.

During the night, Russian troops captured a Chinese position near the destroyed Beitang railway station, and built several batteries. In the morning, Russian and German cannons began to bombard the fortress, and at 10 a.m. the Chinese garrison fled. At noon, the fortress was captured without fighting.

Sources

• Д.Г.Янчевецкий "У стен недвижного Китая". Санкт-Петербург - Порт-Артур, 1903 (D.G.Yanchevetskiy "Near the Walls of unmoving China", Sankt-Peterburg - Port-Artur, 1903)
• В. Г. Дацышен «Русско-китайская война 1900 года. Поход на Пекин» — СПБ, 1999. (V.G.Datsishen "Russo-chinese war of 1900. March to Beijing", Sankt-Peterburg, 1999)