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Battle of Langfang
Part of Seymour Expedition

Troops of the Eight Nations firing on Chinese Boxers as depicted by Frank Craig and Harpers Weekly Magazine
Date18 June 1900
Location
Langfang, China
Result Qing government pro-Boxer faction victory
Belligerents
Battle of Langfang British Empire
Battle of Langfang United States
Battle of Langfang France
Battle of Langfang Russia
Battle of Langfang Germany
Battle of Langfang Italy
Battle of Langfang Austria-Hungary
Battle of Langfang Japan
Battle of Langfang Qing China
Battle of Langfang Boxer movement
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward Seymour
German Empire Guido von Usedom
United States Arthur MacArthur III
Battle of Langfang Régis Voyron
Austria-Hungary Georg von Trapp
Russian Empire Nikolay Leontiev
Kingdom of Italy Augusto Aubry
Empire of Japan Katō Sadakichi
Qing dynasty Dong Fuxiang
Qing dynasty Ma Fulu
Qing dynasty Ma Fuxiang
Qing dynasty Ma Haiyan
Qing dynasty Nie Shicheng
Qing dynasty Yao Wang
Battle of Langfang Ni Zanqing
Strength
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 916
German Empire 540
Russian Empire 312
French Third Republic 158
United States 112
Empire of Japan 54
Kingdom of Italy 40
Austria-Hungary 25
2,157 total
3,000 Muslim Kansu Braves
2,000 Boxers
Casualties and losses
Contemporary Western claims: 7 killed, 57 wounded Contemporary Western claims: 400 killed

The Battle of Langfang (Chinese: 廊坊阻擊戰) took place during the Seymour Expedition during the Boxer Rebellion, in June 1900,[1] involving Chinese imperial troops, the Chinese Muslim Kansu Braves and Boxers ambushing and defeating the Eight-Nation Alliance expeditionary army on its way to Beijing, pushing the Alliance forces to retreat back to Tientsin (Tianjin). The Alliance force at Langfang consisted of Germans.[2]

  1. ^ Elleman, Bruce A.; Paine, S.C.M., eds. (2007). Naval Coalition Warfare: From the Napoleonic War to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cass Series: Naval Policy and History. Routledge. p. 91. ISBN 978-1135985349.
  2. ^ Leonhard, Robert R (2011). "The China Relief Expedition Joint Coalition Warfare in China Summer 1900" (PDF). The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

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