Battle of Tientsin

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The Battle of Tientsin was a major 1900 engagement in the Boxer Rebellion in which an international coalition fought Qing and Boxer forces to capture the key Chinese port city of Tianjin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Tientsin
surface form: Battle of Tianjin
belligerent Boxers
Eight-Nation Alliance
Qing dynasty
Yihetuan Movement
surface form: Yihetuan movement
cause Boxer attacks on foreigners and Chinese Christians
anti-foreign uprising in China
century 20th century
combatantSide Allied forces vs Qing and Boxer forces
commandStructure multinational coalition command
conflict Boxer Rebellion
date 1900
era Qing dynasty
surface form: late Qing dynasty
followedBy Gaselee Expedition
Battle of Peking
surface form: Relief of the Siege of Peking
hasCasualties yes
historicalPeriod age of imperialism
involvedCountry Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Russia
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedIn China
Qing dynasty
surface form: Qing Empire

Tianjin
militaryTheater North China
objective capture of Tianjin
partOf Boxer Rebellion
foreign intervention in China
precededBy Battle of Taku Forts (1900)
relatedTo Boxer Protocol
foreign concessions in Tianjin
result Allied victory
significance enabled allied advance on Beijing
major turning point in Boxer Rebellion
strategicImportance gateway to Beijing
key port city
typeOfWarfare siege warfare
urban warfare
usedFor securing supply line to Beijing

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Boxer Rebellion hasPart Battle of Tientsin
Eight-Nation Alliance notableEvent Battle of Tientsin
this entity surface form: Battle of Tientsin (1900)
Battle of Peking precededBy Battle of Tientsin
this entity surface form: Battle of Tientsin (1900)
Battle of Tientsin alsoKnownAs Battle of Tientsin
this entity surface form: Battle of Tianjin
Pingjin Campaign hasPart Battle of Tientsin
this entity surface form: Battle of Tianjin