With the Allies to Pekin: A Tale of the Relief of the Legations

A boy who spent his early years in China returns to England to be educated under his uncle’s care, but soon becomes entangled in the turmoil of an anti‑foreign uprising that develops into widespread violence and the siege of foreign legations. A multinational relief force advances by land and sea, fighting at river forts and capturing a key city en route to the capital, where besieged legations and refugee Christians have held out under severe conditions. The account follows relief columns, skirmishes, daring missions, and the building of defenses, ending with the capture of the capital and subsequent diplomatic negotiations to restore order.