Battle of Taku Forts (1900)

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The Battle of Taku Forts (1900) was an early engagement of the Boxer Rebellion in which an international coalition seized key coastal fortifications near Tianjin to secure access to Beijing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
event of the Boxer Rebellion
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Capture of the Taku Forts (1900)
belligerent Chinese forces at Taku Forts
Eight-Nation Alliance
Qing dynasty forces
conflict Boxer Rebellion
conflictType naval and land assault
countryInvolved Austria-Hungary
Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan

French Third Republic
German Empire
Italy
Qing dynasty
Russian Empire
United Kingdom
United States
date 1900-06-17
1900-06-18
followedBy Battle of Tianjin (1900)
linked to: Battle of Tientsin

Siege of Tianjin (1900)
linked to: Battle of Tientsin

march of allied forces toward Beijing
hasLocation China
Dagu Forts
linked to: Humen Forts

Taku Forts
Tianjin Municipality
linked to: Tianjin

near Tianjin
historicalContext anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in North China
imperialist intervention by multiple powers in China
locatedOn Bohai Gulf
linked to: Bohai Sea
objective secure access to Beijing
seize coastal fortifications near Tianjin
partOf Boxer Rebellion
foreign intervention in China
precededBy initial Boxer attacks on foreigners in North China
relatedTo Taku Forts (1860)
linked to: Taku Forts
result Allied victory
capture of Taku Forts by foreign powers
strategicImportance control of Hai River approach to Tianjin
sea access route toward Beijing
timePeriod June 1900
late Qing dynasty
usedWeapon coastal artillery
naval artillery
small arms

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Battle of Tientsin precededBy Battle of Taku Forts (1900)
Battle of Taku Forts (1900) alsoKnownAs Capture of the Taku Forts (1900)
linked to: Battle of Taku Forts (1900)