A British officer who served with the international force sent to China after the Boxer rising describes Tientsin, Peking and the countryside under occupation. He sketches the allied armies one by one, rambles through the palaces and streets of the capital, and records the slow, evasive negotiations over evacuating forts and handing back territory.
A vivid, opinionated eyewitness account of China in the aftermath of 1900, with the outlook of an imperial soldier. Download the free EPUB.