 Sezvo kudikanwa kwamapoka okumwe muChina kwakava pachena mukati meBoxer Rebellion, Liscum navarume vake 1.350 vakatumirwa kuTaku Forts, vachisvika pana July 9, 1900, mazuva mana bedzi pamberi pokurwiswa kweTianjinchaiva chokutanga. Sezvo Liscum naRobert Leamy Meade vakanga vari pakati pevokupedzisira kusvika kunhare yeEight-Nation Alliance, havana kukwanisa kutora chikamu mukuronga kurwisa uye panzvimbo pezvo vaive pasi pekuda kweBritish Royal Engineers General Arthur Dorward. 