? The Englishman kept a diary and said, "The Japanese and Russians are facing the solid wall of China in the Ming Dynasty, which is 60 feet high. The top is 40 feet wide. " "On the top of the wall, there is an army. The two armies have stopped for a day. People have tried to blast the city gate with powerful cotton explosives countless times, but every time someone was sent to light the fuse, and all of them were killed. This situation continued until the Japanese and Russians were each killed by 100 people. " When American troops attacked Dongbianmen, "the wall was not more than 30 feet high and 9 feet wide" and "far beyond China's firepower". So the US military "decided to climb up from the corner of the city wall with a ladder, and some people from the ninth infantry regiment climbed up with the stars and stripes." However, although it was the first time to enter the outer city of Beijing, "they were exposed to the painful gunfire from the city wall." At noon, the British attacked Xuanwu Gate. "After firing 10 to 12 shells, the gate was opened."
On June 5438+05, Eight-Nation Alliance attacked the inner city of Beijing and the Forbidden City. The American said, "When we decided to attack the Imperial Capital, General Sha Fei ordered the American troops to gather at the front door. /kloc-at about 7: 30 in the morning of 0/5, four cannons were set up on the inner wall above the front door. Three cannons were aimed at Shunzhi Gate, a quarter of a mile west, and enemy infantry and poor artillery were firing. Another gun is aimed at the imperial city. " When the allied forces rushed through the second gate of Tiananmen Square to attack the imperial city, they were "attacked by heavy artillery fire on the city walls and towers". On this day, the sound of guns continued to bombard the inner city. American troops opened fire at Zhengyangmen, and smoke billowed from the first three doors. At night, the north looks into the city, red for a long time, as bright as day. In the middle of the night, "there were a lot of guns, and the officers and men engaged in the battle in Tiananmen Square", "The foreign soldiers bombed the guns fiercely, and the situation was exhausted, and the team closed in at the noon gate". The Qing army guarded the back door and Jingshan area, waiting in array. At dawn, "in the long battle with foreign soldiers, many foot soldiers died and bodies were everywhere. Artillery fire broke out one after another, and the back door was destroyed, affecting houses on both sides. It was robbery. " Former Jilin General Mao Yan guarded Andingmen. Knowing that the tide was ebbing, he went to the city. "So the nine gates of Beijing were all acquired by Britain, Japan, the United States and Russia, and the flag was set up." The Qing army and the allied forces fought in the street, and the allied forces fought with the Qing army for one day, to outdo each other. Japanese, Russian and British troops gradually expelled the Qing soldiers and retreated to the northwest. The US military attacked the south gate of the Imperial City with artillery, "destroying several doors at once".
/kloc-in June of 0/6, the Qing army continued to fight fiercely all over the capital. The Americans who witnessed it said, "Since the afternoon before yesterday, thousands of people have been hiding in the palace walls, waiting for opportunities. China's bullets are also very fierce. He ran in through the broken and inclined door and his heart was beating. " "There is a China's body on the ground. This is all certain. Don't retreat when you are attacked. The deceased is still fierce. " French Archbishop alfons faville wrote in his diary: "There are many roadblocks in the street, all of which are rice bags. Excluding the Boxers and the officers and men in the house, there are at least 1500 officers and men stationed on the street, all with fast guns. "
? At 7 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese and French troops rescued the Sishiku Church and fought fiercely with the Qing soldiers at Xihuamen. 800 Qing soldiers were killed, 2 French soldiers were killed and 3 were injured. At about 10, the French minister and prefect met Bishop Fan in Sishku Church, "celebrating the rest of my life together and embracing each other as a gift". The church was besieged for more than two months. "Four hundred people died, seventy-six children were killed by mines, ten French soldiers died and five Italian soldiers died." In the evening, Eight-Nation Alliance occupied the whole city.
Commanders of various countries "chartered troops to openly rob for three days", and Beijing fell into unprecedented pain, which was the first time that China's capital was looted by foreign occupation forces for hundreds of years.
A live report by Japanese Uematsu Ryoji said: "The towering tower was smashed and burned by the allied forces and lost its beautiful face for 500 years. There are only one or two ears left in the old trace. In and out of the city, soldiers were killed and the market was destroyed. This is 23/ 10. Residents fled in all directions, their brothers and wives separated, and their faces were bleak. Goods and wealth belong to the plundered people, while women are humiliated and unable to protect themselves. The allies in Beijing this time are not as disciplined as before. The sergeant assigned to the school made an appointment with his peers and plundered openly during the day, which we witnessed with our own eyes. It is no exaggeration to count the residences of rich and powerful officials in Beijing. " "The silver stored in the internal and external vaults, the millions of newly minted money stored in Qianfatang, and the rice stones stored in warehouses such as Mi Lu have all been removed." "I also heard that all the palaces in the palace and the furnishings in the Summer Palace were looted."
According to reports, foreign soldiers from all over the world "in the name of capturing the Boxer Rebellion and searching for ordnance, they crossed the ocean in groups of three or five, carrying guns and swords, and trampled on every street door to door." Bedroom secret room, rummaging everywhere, searching everywhere. All soft and valuable things, such as money, clocks and watches, are robbed, which is called disturbing the people. If you stop it a little, kill it. " Ruicheng said in his family letter: "Foreign soldiers from all over the world have arrived in Jiucheng, and the flames burned for three days and three nights. The south of Di 'anmen Bridge, the west four to Xidan, the Chaoyangmen Tower and the Qianmen Tower were all burned out. "
Wadesi reported to the Kaiser: "The details of all the damage and robbery suffered by China this time will never be ascertained, but the amount will be extremely large." "Rape of women, cruelty, arbitrary killing, arson without cause, etc. There are many such incidents in the process of robbery, which is also the reason for increasing the suffering of residents. "
Allied forces looted the Forbidden City, the Three Seas, the Imperial City and the Summer Palace. The Temple of Heaven lost 1 148, the country lost 168, the Songzhu Temple lost more than 3,000 gold-plated buddhas, more than 50 bronze buddhas, 0/3 magnetic buddhas, 2 pairs of magnetic bottles 12, and 40 gold-plated objects. Six departments and nine departments were occupied as barracks by armies of various countries and plundered wantonly. 265, 438+0, 65, 438+0, 65, 438+0373, 65, 438+02, 2 jade treasures, 282 ceremonial sticks for the imperial concubine, 84 colorful sticks for the imperial concubine, 65, 438+0 new and old cloud umbrellas, and the brocade was lost in the warehouse. The Hanlin Academy lost tens of thousands of classics, and the Ming Dynasty Grand Ceremony Yongle Grand Ceremony lost another 307. Tens of thousands of newly minted copper coins in Qianfatang, gold and steel ritual vessels in Taichang Temple and gold and silver tableware in Guanglu Temple were all looted. The Japanese army snatched 3 million taels of silver and countless silks and satins from the treasury of the Ministry of the Interior, and 322,000 taels of rice and all the silver from the Ministry of the Interior. Only 60 million taels of silver were missing from all the treasury funds, and the value of other cultural relics and national treasures is hard to estimate.
The prince and the palace are also very attractive. The French army snatched more than 2 million taels of silver and countless antique treasures from Li Wangfu, and 365 strings of Korean pearls and antiques worth about 3 million taels of silver from Li Shan's home. The Japanese army snatched 302,000 pieces of silver hidden in the well from Baojun House. According to the report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, "There are more than 2,000 treasures lost in the palace, including 24 jasper shells, 47,506 books in the Four Treasures, 2 Admiralty, 4 sets of Li Tinggui ink 1 set, 4 sets of Wanting large screen, 65,440 pieces of Jade Horse 1 horse, and 65,440 pieces of" Reverse Printing ". As for the damage to houses, businesses and shops, it is impossible to estimate.
At the beginning of entering the city, Eight-Nation Alliance surrounded all the altars and searched for the Boxer Rebellion, killing more than 1700 people in Zhuang Wangfu alone, and even shooting people in China. The French army forced a group of China people.