- Defence of Yingkou
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Battle of Yingkou Part of the Boxer Rebellion Date 1900 Location Yingkou, China Belligerents Eight-Nation Alliance 
Qing Dynasty
Righteous Harmony SocietyCommanders and leaders 
Pavel MishchenkoStrength Boxers Shandong–Zhili region
- Siege of the International Legations
- Siege of Concessions in Tianjin
- First intervention
- Taku Forts
- Tientsin
- Beicang
- Second intervention
- Yangcun
- Peking
- Peitang
- Beitang
- Shanhaiguan
Manchuria
- Chinese Eastern Railway
- Southern Manchuria
- Yingkou
- Pai-t'ou-tzu
- Harbing
- Amur River
- Northern and Central Manchuria
The Battle of Yingkou was a battle where Chinese forces battled against the invading Russian army in the Boxer Rebellion.
Battle
Unlike the battles in China proper during the Boxer Rebellion, battles between Chinese and foreigners were in Manchuria were exclusively between Chinese and Russians. The Russians were the sole force attacking Yingkou, a strategic port.[1]
Yingkou was divided into a foreign settlement and a Chinese city. Mishchenko had to engaged his reserved troops to win the fight. When the Russians seize the city, a number of Boxers and Chinese Imperial troops managed to pull off an evacuation. A moat, precipatation, and mud hampered the movement of Russian troops and their guns.[2]
Notes
- ^ George Alexander Lensen (1967). The Russo-Chinese War. Diplomatic Press. p. 55. http://books.google.com/books?id=HvhEAAAAIAAJ&q=war+in+manchuria+differed+from+the+conflict+in+China+proper+in+that+it+was+basically+bilateral+rather+than+international.+Operations+at+Ying-k'ou,+the+port+of&dq=war+in+manchuria+differed+from+the+conflict+in+China+proper+in+that+it+was+basically+bilateral+rather+than+international.+Operations+at+Ying-k'ou,+the+port+of&hl=en&ei=MPUGTYj9BoSBlAfmpaybCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ Eugene M. Wait (2003). Imperialism. Nova History Publications. p. 431. ISBN 159033664X. http://books.google.com/books?id=jBcTAQAAIAAJ&q=some+Boxers+and+soldiers+escaped+and+the+Russians+took+the+Chinese+City+of+Ying-+k-ou.+Going+back+to+the+settlement+the+Russian+soldiers+had+to+cross+the+fortress+moat+and+endure+driving+rain+and+mud.+The+gun+had+to+be+dragged+by+hand&dq=some+Boxers+and+soldiers+escaped+and+the+Russians+took+the+Chinese+City+of+Ying-+k-ou.+Going+back+to+the+settlement+the+Russian+soldiers+had+to+cross+the+fortress+moat+and+endure+driving+rain+and+mud.+The+gun+had+to+be+dragged+by+hand&hl=en&ei=X_UGTeGFNIOglAeu-YDeCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
Categories:- Conflicts in 1900
- 1900 in China
- Battles of the Boxer Rebellion
- History of Beijing
- Battles involving Russia
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