. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . tself was threatened that he changed his optimisticviews of the situation. On May 30th the first foreign marines were landed at Tien Tsin, but the Tsungli Yamen refused permission for their arrival at Pekin. Nevertheless the marinesproceeded to march to the Chinese capital, but, a large number of troops being sen
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . tself was threatened that he changed his optimisticviews of the situation. On May 30th the first foreign marines were landed at Tien Tsin, but the Tsungli Yamen refused permission for their arrival at Pekin. Nevertheless the marinesproceeded to march to the Chinese capital, but, a large number of troops being sentto enforce the edict of the Dowager Empress they returned to Tien Tsin. On May31st the Tsung li Yamen yielded to the renewed pressure brought to bear by theambassadors and on the afternoon of that day a special train brought the followinginternational force to the metropolis of the Celestial Empire: Seven Americanofficers and fifty men, three British officers and seventy-five men, three Italian officersand forty-seven men, two Japanese officers and twenty-three men, three Frenchofficers and seventy-two men, four Russian officers and seventy-one men, a totalforce of 22 officers and 338 men, who had brought with them five rapid-fire guns anda respectable quantity of MOUNTED CHINESE POLICE. •488 — While the arrival of these troops afforded some protection, however slight, to theEuropean and American colony at Pekin, still their presence had a more irritatingthan reassuring effect on the populace. There was no use denying the fact that theforeigners were hated and that the presence of these foreign soldiers was lookedupon as an armed invasion. Events then rapidly shaped themselves for the worst. About the time the marines landed the Boxers destroyed the railroad betweenShang-sin-tien and Pao-ting-fu, and kept the Belgian and Italian engineers prisonersat the former place. The escape of these men with their wives and children formsa thrilling episode of the turmoil
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