Battle of Dagu Forts

When

16 Jun 1900 – 17 Jun 1900

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

38.98° N, 117.71° E

Description

1900 battle during the Boxer Rebellion

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Battle of the Boxer Rebellion

The Battle of the Taku or Battle of Dagu Forts was a short engagement during the Boxer Rebellion between the Chinese Qing dynasty military and forces belonging to the Eight Nation Alliance in June 1900. European and Japanese naval forces captured the Taku forts after a brief but bloody battle with units of the Qing dynasty.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Boxer Rebellion: Battle of Dagu Forts – Naval forces of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture the Taku Forts, on the Hai River estuary in China”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les puissances étrangères s’emparent des forts de Taku”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Boxer Rebellion17 Jun 1900 · Interstate war · Deaths 3,003