TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. All changes noted in the ERRATA at the back of the book have been applied to the etext. The tables in this book are best viewed using a monospace font. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. THE WORLD’S NAVIES IN THE BOXER REBELLION (CHINA 1900) [Illustration: DEFENDERS OF LEGATIONS. _Frontispiece_] THE WORLD’S NAVIES IN THE BOXER REBELLION (CHINA 1900) BY LIEUT. C. C. DIX, R.N. _With Illustrations_ LONDON DIGBY, LONG & CO. 18 BOUVERIE STREET, FLEET STREET, E.C. 1905 (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED) CONTENTS Chap. Page I. PRELUDE 9 II. THE BOMBARDMENT AND STORMING OF TAKU FORTS 27 III. FIRST SIEGE OF TIENTSIN 46 IV. SEYMOUR’S DASH FOR PEKIN 70 V. RELIEF OF TIENTSIN 95 VI. RELIEF OF SEYMOUR 113 VII. PEI-YANG—SECOND SIEGE OF TIENTSIN 130 VIII. CAPTURE OF TIENTSIN NATIVE CITY 155 IX. SCENES IN THE CAPTURED CITY: TIENTSIN LOOTED 176 X. SUMMARY: FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR ADVANCE: FIGHTING AROUND TIENTSIN 193 XI. ADVANCE TO PEKIN 211 XII. CAPTURE OF PEKIN AND RELIEF OF LEGATIONS 228 XIII. STORY OF THE SIEGE OF THE LEGATIONS 247 XIV. THE TROOPS COMPARED 270 XV. RETURN OF NAVAL BRIGADE—PEH-TANG AND SHAN-HAI-KWAN 301 DEDICATED BY KIND PERMISSION TO The Right Honourable Earl Spencer K.G., P.C. (_Late First Lord of the Admiralty_) IN GRATITUDE FOR HIS HAVING GIVEN ME A NOMINATION FOR THE NAVY, AND FOR THE GENEROUS PATRONAGE OF HIS LORDSHIP, AND HIS LATE FATHER, TO MY GRANDFATHER AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER, WHO HAD THE HONOUR MEDICALLY TO ATTEND THE HOUSEHOLD AT ALTHORP PARK, FOR NEARLY A CENTURY. PREFACE