British Legation. See Legations
Bruce, Admiral, 197
Bruce, Mount, 2;
ascent of, 4
Carles, Mr., British Consul at Tien-tsin, 148, 149
Cartier, M. de, 142
Cassini, Countess Marguerite, 5
Chaffee, General: arrival at Tien-tsin, 158;
the relief of Peking, 177, 181, 199;
a funeral incident, 184;
the convoy to Tien-tsin, 187, 197
Chamot, Swiss proprietor of the Peking Hotel, provides food for the
besieged, 114
Cheshire, Mr., American Legation, waiting for the relief troops, 15,
21;
his bravery, 77
Ch’ien Men Gate, burning of, 25;
firing of cannon from, 69;
arrival of the relief force, 179
China, Empress of, and Prince Ching, 132;
and Li Hung Chang, 163, 164
Ching, Prince, head of the Tsung-li Yamen, 69, 92;
correspondence with the besieged, 132, 137, 138
Christians, Chinese, outrages on, 35, 38;
located at the Fu, 75, 132;
their want of food, 161
Churchill, Colonel, British Military Attaché to Japan, 180, 196
Cologan, Señor, Spanish Minister at Peking, 43;
his illness, 120
Coltman, Dr. and Mrs., American physician at Peking, 20, 52, 79
Conger, Mr. and Mrs., American Minister at Peking, 52, 62, 120;
message from the Yamen, 136;
a funeral incident, 184;
his naïveness, 198
Dana Collection, the, 14
Dosio, Père, the Superior of Nan-t’ang, his loss of mind, 131;
Chinese outrage on, 176
Dutch Legation. See Legations
Favier, Archbishop, the Superior of Pei-t’ang, 37, 194
Feng-tai railway-station, 4;
burning of, 8
Fisher, a marine, death of, 125
Food-supply during the siege, 58, 73, 85, 106, 108, 109;
an amusing incident, 146
French Legation. See Legations
Fu, the, Chinese Christians located at, 72, 132, 161
Fukushima, General, commander of the Japanese relief forces, 167
Gamewell, Rev., a missionary, a mainstay to the besieged, 112, 193
Gaselee, General, commander of British relief forces, 149, 167, 176
German Legation. See Legations
Giers, M. de, Russian Minister at Peking, 43, 120;
message from the Yamen, 136;
and the Americans, 186
Giers, Madame de, her wonderful help in nursing, 143
Hanlin Library, the, 107, 116
Hart, Sir Robert, Inspector-General of Customs, 13, 18, 50;
death of Oliphant, 105;
letters from the Yamen, 139, 151
Ha Ta Men Gate, defence of, 22, 33, 92
Hsu Ching Cheng, Director of Imperial University, 156
“International” cannon, the, 116
Italian Legation. See Legations
James, Dr. H., 75;
murder of, 76
Japanese Legation. See Legations
Joostens, M., Belgian Minister, 141, 142
Jung Lu, communications with the besieged, 132, 134, 159
Kempff, Admiral, 14, 16, 17
Ketteler, Baron von, German Minister at Peking:
Boxer incident, 24, 25;
murder of, 45;
discovery of body, 194
Kettles, Mr., the Belgian Consul, 141
Knobel, M., Dutch Minister at Peking, 43, 120;
the chicken episode, 146, 147
Kroupensky, Mr., Russian Secretary, 23
Legations:
Boxer outrages, 7 _et seq._;
arrival of the marines, 15;
weakness of the American, 18, 31;
waiting for the relief party, 21, 27;
attempts to burn, 25 _et seq._;
alarming state of, 31;
rescue of Chinese Christians, 35 _et seq._;
Chinese offer an escort to the coast, 42, 159;
murder of Baron von Ketteler, 45, 194;
strength of the British Legation, 48, 72;
American women and children transferred to the British, 48, 50;
American missionaries brought in, 49;
life in, 50 _et seq._, 119 _et seq._;
evacuation and burning of the Belgian, 56;
attempt on the Dutch, 57;
supply of food, 58 _et seq._, 86, 108 _et seq._, 160;
in great danger, 61 _et seq._;
evacuation of Austrian and fright of the French, 63;
general panic, 64;
fighting the fire, 65 _et seq._;
the crowded hospital, 74, 90, 91, 102, 103, 105, 116, 142, 143;
a sortie, 75;
murder of Dr. James, 76;
armistice, 78;
renewed attacks on, 80 _et seq._;
attack on German, 92 _et seq._;
an unsuccessful sortie, 95;
racial friendships and animosities, 95, 96, 121, 122, 135;
Japanese valour, 97;
boldness of the Chinese, 98;
successful charge down the wall, 99, 100;
funerals, 102 _et seq._;
discovery and successful use of an old cannon, 115, 116;
plague of flies, 123, 124;
Captain Strouts mortally wounded, 125;
a bad day, 125 _et seq._,
wave of despondency, 129 _et seq._;
a missionary becomes insane, 131;
communications with the Yamen, 132-134, 136, 145, 151, 159, 163, 169;
Chinese send in food, 138;
news of the relief force, 140;
a chicken episode, 146;
messenger sent to Tien-tsin, 149;
description of the barricades, 151 _et seq._;
letters from Tien-tsin, 157;
food running short, 160;
more severe attacks, 165, 168, 171;
good news, 167;
arrival of the relief force, 171 _et seq._;
the question of loot, 191;
the state of the German Legation, 193;
discovery of mines, 193
Li Hung Chang, 163;
and the Empress of China, 164, 165;
purchase of guns, 171
Linqua Su, temple of, description of, 2;
defence of, 9, 10
Lippitt, Dr., 34;
wounded, 91, 142;
typhoid fever, 186
M^cCalla, Captain, in command of the Japanese marines, 15;
returns to Tien-tsin, 16;
and the relief party, 21, 34
Macdonald, Sir Claude, British Minister at Peking, elected
Commander-in-Chief, 120, 121;
and Von Rostand, 122;
Communications from the Yamen, 132, 133;
and the relief force, 173, 179, 186
Macdonald, Lady, and her children, 17;
and Baroness von Ketteler, 46;
lodges the American missionaries in the chapel 50;
food-supply, 85, 160
McKinley, President of the United States, forbids looting, 191
Magi-poo, rioting at, 14
Mallory, Colonel, sends news to the besieged, 158
Marines, the, arrival at Peking, 15;
on the sick-list, 34;
sorties, 35, 41, 99;
death of Captain Strouts, 126;
the relieving force, 179, 187
Martin, Dr. A. W. P., Director of Imperial University in Peking, 23;
and the fire at the Legations, 68
Melotte, Chevalier de, his gallant defence, 56;
arrival of the relief force, 175, 177
Merghelynckem, M., First Secretary of Belgian Legation, 56;
saves the life of the French commanding officer, 117
Methodist Mission, burning of, 57
Mills, Colonel, General Chaffee’s Chief of Staff, 196
Missions:
arming of, 34, 35;
removal into the Legations, 49, 51;
work of Protestant and Roman Catholic missionaries, 57;
burning of Methodist, 57
Morrison, Dr., _Times’_ correspondent:
his kindness, 9;
stoned by rioters, 14;
his advice to the Legation Ministers, 44;
his hard work and cheerfulness, 69;
and the Chinese Christians at the Fu, 75;
wounded, 126
Myers, Captain, commander of the American marines in Peking, 17, 18,
21;
makes successful sorties, 25, 99, 100;
his hardships, 33;
saves the Dutch Legation, 57;
wounded, 103, 186
Nan-t’ang, burning of the, 131
Narahara, death of, 142
Neih, Chinese General, defeat and suicide of, 141
Norregarde, a Swedish missionary, becomes insane, 131
Norris, Rev., English chaplain at Peking:
the funeral of Oliphant, 105;
works hard on the fortifications, 118;
holds thanksgiving service, 203
Oliphant, funeral of, 105
Pei-t’ang, the Roman Catholic fortress cathedral, 36, 37;
relief of, 194
Peking—see also Legations:
Boxer rising, 7 _et seq._;
burning of Feng-tai, 8;
positions of the Legations, 12;
telegraph broken, 21;
assassination of the Japanese Chancellor, 22;
burning of the missions, etc., 24 _et seq._;
fires in, 25 _et seq._;
description of, 26;
treachery of the Imperial Chinese troops, 45, 47;
burning of the Belgian Legation, 56;
burning of the Hanlin Library, 71;
entry of the relief force, 173 _et seq._;
looting, 192
Pethick, William, Li Hung Chang’s private secretary, 11;
his opinion of the state of China, 19, 20;
his advice on the Yamen communication, 132;
and the antique China episode, 165
Pichon, M., the French Minister in Peking, 43, 78, 87, 120;
the Legion of Honour, 139
Poole, Dr., surgeon to the British Legation, 50, 52, 53, 59;
the Legation fire, 68
Porcelain, antique, 14
Rahden, Baron von, commander of Russian Legation force, 25, 30, 96;
and his undrilled soldiers, 110;
the defences of the Legations, 152;
the forbidden city, 200
Reilly, Captain, death of, 184
Roman Catholics in Peking, 36, 114
Rostand, Von, Austrian Chargé d’Affaires, 117;
and Sir Claude Macdonald, 121
Russian Legation. See Legations
Salvago Raggi, Marquis, 43, 86, 120
Seymour, Admiral, 44, 51
Shiba, Colonel, Japanese commander at Peking:
a sortie, 75;
description of, 95, 148
Shimonoseki, Treaty of, 163
Squiers, Herbert, Secretary of the American Legation, 6;
_en route_ for Peking, 10;
his collection of antique porcelains, 14;
his hospitality, 15, 49, 73;
beginning of the siege, 22;
sends communication to Tien-tsin, 28, 29, 34;
removal to the British Legation, 53;
renovates an old cannon, 115;
becomes Sir Claude Macdonald’s chief of staff, 134;
communications with the Yamen, 136;
the defences of the Legations, 152;
leads a sortie, 179;
Sir Claude Macdonald’s opinion of, 186
Squiers, Fargo, his brave adventure, 58;
and the Legation fire, 68
Strouts, Captain, commander of the British marines in Peking, 18;
a sortie, 25;
Legation fire, 30;
mortally wounded, 125
Su, Prince, 98
Taku Forts, taking of, 49
Tien-tsin, first relief force sent to
Peking from, 15;
message received by besieged from, 140;
the capture of, 141, 158
Tsung-li Yamen, the Chinese Foreign Office, send a guard to protect the
temple of Linqua Su, 6;
Swedish missionary’s interview with, 131;
communicates with the Legations, 136 _et seq._, 145, 159, 166, 169;
send in food, 139
Tung Fu-hsiang, 51, 92
“Tungchou,” the Roman Catholic church, burning of, 24
Velde, Dr., German surgeon at Peking, the excellence of his work, 73,
109, 113, 143
Waller, Colonel, 177, 196
Warren, Mr., mortally wounded, 124
Water Gate, entry of Sikhs through the, 174
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