Ships from the Eight-Nation Alliance consisting of Germany, Japan, Russia, Britain, France, the United States, Italy, and Austria-Hungary.started a bombardment of the Taku Forts in China and began an invasion.
There was no declaration of war by this US, making the action arguably illegal, although the point can be debated.
China was, of course, an incredibly weak nation and the mercy of European powers, something that its never forgotten.
At the Republican Convention a movement started to draft Theodore Roosevelt for Vice President.
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