Battle of Langfang
The Battle of Langfang (Chinese: 廊坊阻擊戰) took place during the Seymour Expedition during the Boxer Rebellion, in June 1900, 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.
| Battle of Langfang | |||||||
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| Part of Seymour Expedition | |||||||
Troops of the Eight Nations firing on Chinese Boxers as depicted by Frank Craig and Harpers Weekly Magazine | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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British Empire United States France Russia Germany Italy Austria-Hungary Japan |
Qing China Boxer movement | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Edward Seymour Guido von Usedom Arthur MacArthur III Régis Voyron Georg von Trapp Nikolay Leontiev Augusto Aubry Katō Sadakichi |
Dong Fuxiang Ma Fulu Ma Fuxiang Ma Haiyan Nie Shicheng Yao Wang Ni Zanqing | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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916 540 312 158 112 54 40 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 | ||||||
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