 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi waJune 17, 1900, ngarava dzehondo dzeRikusentai dzaibva kuKasagi neAtago dzakanga dzasangana nevafambisi vengarava vokuBritain, vokuRussia, uye vokuGermany kuti vatore nhare dzeDagupedyo neTianjin. Tichifunga nezvemamiriro ezvinhu akanga asina kugadzikana, vokuBritain vakamanikidzwa kukumbira Japan kuti ivatsigire, sezvo vokuJapan vaiva neuto rimwe chete raiva nyore kuwana munharaunda yacho. Panguva iyoyo Britain yakanga yakabatikana zvikuru muHondo yeBoer, naizvozvo rutivi rukuru rwehondo yeBritain rwakanga rwakasungirirwa muSouth Africa. Uyezve, kutumira masoja akawanda kubva kumagadhi ayo muIndia kwaizotora nguva yakawandisa uye kwaizoderedza kuchengeteka kwemukati imomo. Achipfuura kusava nechokwadi kwomunhu oga, Gurukota Rokunze Aoki Shūzō akaverenga kuti betsero dzokugoverana musungano yakabatana dzakanga dzakanaka zvikuru zvokusagona kufuratirwa. Mutungamiriri wehurumende Yamagata akabvuma, asi vamwe muhurumende vakarayira kuti pave nezvivimbiso kubva kuBritain mukutsinhana nenjodzi nemitengo yokuiswa kukuru kwemauto eJapane. Musi waJuly 6, 1900, 5th Infantry Division yakaudzwa kuti yaigona kuenda kuChina, asi hapana nguva yakatarwa yokuenda ikoko. Mazuva maviri gare gare, sezvo mamwe mauto epasi aida nokukurumidza kubvisa kukombwa kwedzimba dzokumwe kuPeking, mumiriri weBritain akapa hurumende yeJapan miriyoni imwe yemapaundi eBritain mukutsinhana nokuita kweJapan. 