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

In 1861, British and French envoys entered Beijing and took the lead in setting up legations in Dongjiaominxiang, just 1,000 meter from the Forbidden City. Afterwards, Russia, Japan, the United States, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, Holland and Belgium also set up legations here.