ðə fˈɜːst ˌoʊvɚsˈiːz dᵻplˈɔɪmənt ʌv kæsˈɑːɡi wʌz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd, tə səpˈoːɹt dʒˌæpənˈiːz nˈeɪvəl lˈændɪŋ fˈoːɹsᵻz wˌɪtʃ ˈɑːkjʊpˌaɪd ðə pˈoːɹt sˈɪɾi ʌv tjˈændʒɪn ɪn nˈɔːɹðɚn tʃˈaɪnə dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə bˈɑːksɚ ɹᵻbˈɛliən, æz pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə dʒˌæpənˈiːz kˌɑːntɹɪbjˈuːʃən tə ðɪ ˈeɪtnˈeɪʃən ɐlˈaɪəns.
The first overseas deployment of Kasagi was in 1900, to support Japanese naval landing forces which occupied the port city of Tianjin in northern China during the Boxer Rebellion, as part of the Japanese contribution to the Eight-Nation Alliance.