BOXER UPRISING - SCOTT-MONCRIEFF, G. K.

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"Peking - June to August, 1900." First appearance in print of this report by the commander of the Royal Engineers in the China Expeditionary Force, including eight photographic illustrations taken in and around Beijing and two detailed plans showing the defensive state of the city and the British Legation during the summer.The plan of the legation was executed by Lieutenant H. E. C. Cowie of the Royal Engineers, while that of the city was derived from maps prepared by the US Engineers and French and Japanese forces. The illustrations depict Chinese defensive structures, the burnt rear gate of the British Legation, and a hole blown in the wall of the imperial city.

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