Gaselee Expedition

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The Gaselee Expedition was an international military relief force led by British General Sir Alfred Gaselee in 1900 to lift the siege of foreign legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.

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Seymour Expedition 1
Gaselee Expedition canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international military relief force
military expedition
alliance Eight-Nation Alliance
associatedWith Beijing Legation Quarter
Tianjin
siege of the International Legations
linked to: Battle of Peking
belligerent Boxers
Eight-Nation Alliance
Qing dynasty forces aligned with Boxers
commander Alfred Gaselee
commandStructure British Indian Army leadership
conflict Boxer Rebellion
countryInvolved Austria-Hungary
British Empire
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
historicalEra Age of Imperialism
historicalPeriod late Qing dynasty
leader Alfred Gaselee
location Beijing
China
namedAfter Alfred Gaselee
notableCommander Adna Chaffee
Alfred Gaselee
Nikolai Linevich
Yamaguchi Motomi
objective lifting the siege of foreign legations in Beijing
relief of the foreign legations in Beijing
opponent Boxers
Qing forces allied with the Boxers
Yihetuan movement
linked to: Yihetuan Movement
partOf Eight-Nation Alliance
foreign intervention in the Boxer Rebellion
precededBy Seymour Expedition
linked to: Gaselee Expedition
result relief of the besieged legations in Beijing
route Tianjin to Beijing
startTime 1900
theatreOfOperations Northern China
linked to: North China

Zhili Province
linked to: Zhili province
typeOfAction relief operation
year 1900

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Battle of Tientsin followedBy Gaselee Expedition
Gaselee Expedition precededBy Seymour Expedition
linked to: Gaselee Expedition