Asia Pacific, 14 Aug 1900: Battle of Peking
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 14 Aug 1900 (The Rise of Japan: Battle of Peking), showing the following events: Battle of the Taku Forts; Siege of the International Legations; Mutual Protection of Southeast China; Imperial declaration of war; Battle of Tientsin; Battle of Peking.

R u s s i a n E m p i r e

D u t c h E a s t I n d i e s(Neth.)

Japanese
Empire

Indian
Empire(Br. Raj)

Tibet(de facto)

Mutual
Protection
of S.E. China(semi-indep)

Philippines(US terr.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

German
New Guinea(Ger. prot.)

Solomon Is.(Br.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Br. prot.)

Philippine
Republic

T.P.G.(Allied occ.)

Nepal(Br. prot.)

Sarawak(Br. prot.)

Br. New
Guinea(Br. prot.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

C.E.R.(Rus. adm.)

N. Borneo(Br. prot.)

Brunei(Br. prot.)

P. Timor(Port.)

German
Samoa(Ger.)

Gilbert

Islands(Br. prot.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Phoenix Is.(uninh.)

Jaluit

Protectorate(Ger. prot.)

Mariana

Islands(Ger.)

C a r o l i n e I s l a n d s(Ger.)

Paracel Is.(disp.)

Spratly Is.(disp.)

Bonin Is.(Jap.)

Volcano Is.(Jap.)

International
Date Line

17 Jun 1900Allies capture Taku Forts

20 Jun–14 Aug 1900Boxers besiege Peking
Legation Quarter

21 Jun 1900Southeast Chinese
provinces declare
neutrality

21 Jun 1900Chinese Empire declares
war on foreign powers

Jul 1900Allies capture Tianjin

14–15 Aug 1900Eight-Nation Alliance
captures Peking

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