The Eight-power Allied Forces Through Foreigners' Camera

China Before the Invasion of the
Eight-Power Allied Forces

The Entering of
Envoys and Legation Guards into Beijing

First Setbacks of
the Allied Forces
and the Capture of Tianjin

The Capture of
Beijing by the
Eight-Power Allied Forces

The War Before Negotiations and the Signing of the
Protocol of 1901

China Under the Protocol of 1901

The US troops entered the Inner City after they forced open the giant iron-covered doors at the gates of Daqingmen and Tian'anmen. A few hours earlier, Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu rushed out of the palace. They left the city from Deshengmen and fled to Xi'an. The structure in the distance marked with an arrow is Daqingmen.