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

Waldersee, commander-in-chief of the allied Forces, wrote in his memoirs, "After the allied Forces captured Beijing, they were given special permission for open plunder." The Allied forces went all lengths in their pillage. Pictured here is the seat of the Qing Government's Ministry of revenue before it was burnt down by Japanese troops. The Japanese took 3 million taels of silver from here setting it on fire.