Starting from May 13th and ending on July 21st, I noted down the more significant events each day:
On May 13th, a mansion in the Western Hills of Beijing was burned down.
On May 14th, an edict was issued appointing Prince Duan to manage the government. Reinforcements led by Admiral Seymour rushed from Tianjin to Beijing. By noon, the telegraph line connecting Beijing and Tianjin was cut.
On May 15th, a secretary from the Japanese embassy was killed.
On May 17th, the German plenipotentiary was also killed.
On May 18th, three churches in Tianjin were burned.
On May 19th, multiple churches in Tianjin were burned, and the Boxers stormed into the concession areas.
On May 20th, communication was cut off everywhere, businesses in the concession areas were closed, and even the Japanese trams stopped running. The Dagu Forts engaged in battle and were quickly captured by the Allied forces. On this day, it was reported that Li Hongzhang was recalled to his post in Zhili.
On May 21st, the concession areas came under bombardment, and the Military Academy was burned down.
On May 26th, Admiral Seymour occupied Xigu.
On May 27th, new troops from England, Russia, and Germany arrived in Beijing for the first time.
On May 30th, Admiral Seymour returned to Tianjin.
On June 1st, the Allied forces occupied the Eastern Bureau.
On June 3rd, a letter was received from the Chief Tax Commissioner, Hurd.
On June 4th, General Alekseev from Russia arrived, and another letter from Tax Commissioner Hurd was received.
On June 5th, after a long drought, it finally rained.
On June 6th, a letter was received from Minister Dou. For the first time, women traveled from Tianjin towards Dagu. The warehouse of the Jardine Matheson company was burned down.
On June 8th, the British warship "Torpedo Boat No. 1" delivered twelve-pound shells to Tianjin.
On June 10th, the residence of Decrelin was burned down.
On June 12th, the Allied forces occupied the Western Bureau.
On June 14th, the artillery fire was at its peak intensity. Zhang Yanmo, the scholar, went to Tanggu.
On June 15th, troops from various sides fought a major battle near the train station, sustaining heavy casualties on both sides. New American troops arrived in Tianjin, and Admiral Seymour and the Marine Corps boarded the ironclad "Caspian."
On June 16th, the hottest day of the year, even in the shade the thermometer showed 102 degrees.
On June 17th, the assault on Tianjin began in the morning, and the intense battle lasted for an entire day and night.
On June 18th, Tianjin was captured.
On June 19th, the allied forces captured the artillery positions at the naval camp.
On June 28th, news came that all the foreign ministers were still alive.
On July 1st, the Chinese army were defending Yangcun.
On the sixth day of the lunar month, sixteen thousand allied forces set out from Tianjin and marched towards Beijing.
On the eleventh day of the lunar month, a major battle broke out against the Eight-Nation Alliance at Beicang.
On the twelfth day of the lunar month, Yangcun was occupied.
On the fourteenth day of the lunar month, we received a letter from Minister Dou (Dou Nale), revealing that our embassy had come under fire from the 7th to the 12th of the month. This was really unsettling!
On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, we received a secret message from the American minister.
On the sixteenth day of the lunar month, the allied forces arrived at Hoxi Wu.
On the eighteenth day of the lunar month, the allied forces reached Tongzhou.
On the twentieth day of the lunar month, General Inge marched into Beijing.
On the twenty-first day of the lunar month, the allied forces took control of Beijing.
