Battle of Yangcun: Difference between revisions

| image = Yangcun Battle.jpg

| place = [[Yangcun]], [[Qing Dynasty|China]]

| combatant1 = {{Flagcountryflag|UnitedBritish Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandEmpire}}<br>{{flag|United States|1896}}<br>{{flagcountry|French Third Republic}}<br>{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}<br>{{flag|German Empire}}<br>{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}<br>{{flag|Austria-Hungary}}<br>{{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

| commander1 = {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} [[Nikolai Linevich]]<br>{{flagicon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} [[O'Moore Creagh]]

| commander2 = {{flagicon|Qing Dynastydynasty}} [[Ma Yukun]]<br/>{{flagicon|Qing Dynasty}} [[Song Qing (Qing dynasty)|Song Qing]]

| strength1 = 18,000 soldiers

| strength2 = 10,000 soldiers

| casualties1 = 40 dead, 122 wounded

*{{flagicon|United States}} 9 [[killedKilled in action|KIA]], 64 wounded (15 died[[Died of wounds)|DOW]], 39 wounded, 2 dead by [[sunstroke]]<br>

The Alliance had defeated the Chinese at both Beicang and Yangcun. Although still intact and barely damagedweakened, the Chinese army did not challenge the Alliance again, and the Alliance troops continued their march, mostly unopposed, to Beijing. On August 14 they would forceforced their way into the city, raiseraised the Siege of the Legations and occupyoccupied the city and the surrounding countryside, wiping out the last vestiges of the Boxer movement.<ref>Thompson, Larry Clinton. ''William Scott Ament and the Boxer Rebellion: Heroism, Hubris, and the Ideal Missionary.'' Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009, pp. 174-181</ref>

Dr. [[Sun Yat-sen]], the founding father of the [[Republic of China]] and of the [[Kuomintang]] party praised the Boxers for fighting against Western Imperialism. He said the Boxers were courageous and fearless, fighting to the death against the Western armies, Dr. Sun specifically cited the Battle of Yangcun, although apparently referring to a battle earlier in the Boxer Rebellion between the Boxers and the army of the [[Seymour Expedition]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I0kvN9LDHP0C&pg=PA151&dq=yangcun+battle&hlpg=en&ei=cAa2TIO1K8P48Aa595SIBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=yangcun%20battle&f=falsePA151|title=Critical Zone 3: A Forum of Chinese and Western Knowledge|author=[[Douglas Kerr]]|year=2009|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|location=|page=151|isbn=978-962-209-857-62|pages=|accessdateaccess-date=2010-06-28}}</ref>

* Thompson, Larry Clinton. ''William Scott Ament and the Boxer Rebellion: Heroism, Hubris, and the Ideal Missionary.''[https://books.google.com/books?id=5K9BN96p1hcC&printsec=frontcover&dqq=larry+clinton+thompson&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fv-qT9mBCY2TtwefmO2iAg&ved=0CEkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=larry%20clinton%20thompson&f=false]