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

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On the day the Allied Forces occupied Beijing, the powers appointed Field Marshal Waldersee, who was in Germany, supreme commander of the Eight-Power Allied Forces. As soon as Waldersee arrived in China in September, he led the Allied Forces, mainly composed of German troops, to attack Shanhaiguan, Baoding, Zhangjiakou and towns in Shangxi Province. The actions were designed to put pressure on the Qing Government and force it to make future concession so the powers could procure more benefits.