Why Kempff Did Not Fight at Taku
Navy Department released Rear Admiral Kempff's mail reports detailing why he refused to join the assault on the Taku forts in China on June 17 1900. He cited orders to avoid war with a peaceful nation and to protect American interests, noting a foreign officers’ compact to seize the forts and the subsequent actions by various gunboats and vessels.
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Washington
Navy Department
Kempff
Taku Forts
Wise
Long
U. S
Newark
Taku
China
U Forts
Wrage
Department
Tongku Phiould
Tien Tsin
Louis Kempfff
U. & Navy
Naval action near forts in China ends with heavy casualties
Admiral Kempfe reports the gunboat bombardment and landing assault on northwest and south forts near Tientsin. Allied forces captured the forts after magazine explosions. approximate allied losses include several officers and dozens of wounded, with Chinese casualties estimated around two hundred dead. The Monocacy sustained damage but had no casualties and withdrew upriver.
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Algerine
Titis
Korneetz
Guilak
Louis Kempfyes
United States Navy
Taku
Hey
H. M
Barfleur
Tien Tsin
F. M. Wise
General Rising Feared in China as War Looms
Shanghai reports say Chinese forces mass near Pekin with 300,000 troops and 3,000 more guns en route to Kiang-Tin forts while foreign legations suffer brutal pressure. Dispatches note leaders in Shanghai fear the relief send could arrive too late for survivors.
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Shanghai
Yang Tse
Shan Tung
Ho Nan
Shan Si
Pekin
Kiang-Tin
Yang Tse Kiang
Nankin
Chang Chi Tung
Europeans Prepare for War as Chinese Officials Brace
The edict strengthens the Empress Dowager's orders for a Chinese war against allied powers. Viceroy Tak Su shuns foreign influence, expands forces, and protests gunboats near Kwang-Chou. Disagreements among powers surface as admirals at Taku split on railway control, Russian authority favored by most, Britain and America dissent.
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Tak Su
Kwang-Chou
Pekin
Imperial Government Wharf
Taku
Tien -Thin
Daily Mail
German Boxer Assassination Sparks Chinese Crisis
Reports state Germany was assassinated by Boxers and ministers remain in Pekin under strict orders to capture the murderers. Viceroys and governors are urged to fortify coast districts as attack risks rise, while Western tensions and gunboat crews in Shameen intensify the crisis.
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Germany
Pekin
Massacre Expected as Cable Message Reaches Washington
Washington cable via Captain Charles M. Thomas reports daily massacre expectation as of July 4. The OPK Weper bureau of navigation released the telegram this morning detailing the grim outlook and ongoing concerns in the area.
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Washington
Bureau of Navigation of the
OPK Weper
Charles M. Thomas
Despatch on Pekin Crisis Confirms Authenticated Conger Message
The Conger despatch dated July 4 reports Beijing siege conditions with Chinese soldiers shelling the legations and a governmentless city under foreign threat. It confirms the minister's peril and suggests relief efforts will face heavy resistance as Pekin remains unstable three weeks after the mid June events.
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Che Foo
Deen Bureau
Washington
Conger
Tien Tainst
Songer
Pekin
Missing State Department cipher code sparks authenticity doubts
A July dispatch from Pekin by Minister Conger prompts discussion about a long missing cipher code book. Officials deny any belief the code fell to the Chinese government while acknowledging prior loss and recovery records.
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Washington
Conger
Pekin
State Department
Tien Tsin Divided Up
A War Department cable from China reports Ninth Infantry actions near Tien Tsin and Gulf Pechili. Tien Tsin was captured July 14 and city quarters are divided among powers with an American police role in the southeast quarter. A temporary council awaits forceful establishment.
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Washington
War Department
Coolidge
Ninth Infantry
Liscum
Tien Tsin
China
Tien Tain
Che Foo
Anchorage
Gulf Pechili
Dernard
Meade
Marine Corps
DeQuayary
Aoki
Japan
Bower
Hopkins Escape Report From Pekin Missionaries
A letter to Dr. Hopkins's mother details the escape of Hopkins family and colleagues from Tsan Hua amid the Boxer uprising. The account describes rifle guards, burning bridges, siege risks, troops from China Japan and Russia, and fears for missionaries and locals as Beijing and surrounding towns amid escalating war.
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Whlufleet
Hopkins
Tsan Hua
China
Rocky Point
Pekin
Feng Tai
Tsun Hua
Japan
Russia
Poa-Ting-Fu
Red Cross
Europe
Tian Tsin
Buddha
Taku
Tien Tsin
Germanys Foreign Policy Echoes From Berlin
Berlin papers back Count Von Buelow's reply to Lu Hai Houan as aligning with France and Japan toward Pekin. National Zeitung insists China must atone for Baron Von Ketteler's murder before support is granted. Boerzen Zeitung notes Pekin will learn powers cannot be detached from the coalition.
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Berlin
Count von Buelow
Bremerhaven
Lu Hai Houan
France
Japan
Pekin
National Zeitung
Germany
China
Baron von Ketteler
Boerzen Zeitung
Troops From Cuba Embark for Westward Move
Two more battalions of regular infantry fresh from Cuba assembled from the transport Sedgwick and started westward today. A battalion arrived in port from Cuba on the transport Rawlins. The two battalions that went west belonged to the Second Infantry under Lieutenant Colonel Corliss and were transferred to a west shore military special at Weehawken freight yards at 8:30 a.m.
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New York
Cuba
Sedgwick
Rawlins
Corliss
West Shore
Weehawken
Messages From Chaffee In Nagasaki
Adjutant General Corbin received two cables from Major General Chaffee dated Nagasaki. The first says transport arrived on the 24th and all are well and will leave on the 25th at Taku. The second confirms Chaffee's acceptance of promotion to major general and thanks the President for the honor and confidence.
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Washington
Corbin
Chaffee
Nagasaki
Taku
Boer Envoys Presented to President Loubet in Paris
Boer delegates Fischer Wols maarans and Wessels were received by President Loubet at the Elysee Palace. Dr Leyds, the Transvaal diplomatic agent, presented them to the French head of state.
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President Loubet
Suly
Messrs. Fischer
Wolsmaarans and
Wessels
Loubet
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