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

Lieutenant General Mototomi Yamaguchi was commander-in-chief of the Japanese troops invading china. He participated in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894 and was known for his cruelty. In July 1900, he held 13,000 Japanese tr4oops from Hiroshima to China, to serve as a main force of the allied troops.