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

the Forbidden City represented the supremacy and sanctity of imperial power in China. To conquer the Chinese people and humiliate the Qing Government, the Allied Forces held a parade in the palace. The picture shows the Allied Forces passing the gate of Daqingmen.