The Chinese government delivered an ultimatum in response to the attack on the Taku Forts to eleven ambassadors in the legation quarter demanding that all foreign residents, including diplomats, missionaries and their families leave Beijing by 4pm the following day. The demand accompanied a promise to provide troops for a safe exit.
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The Taku Forts surrendered after a sixteen hour bombardment by ships of the Eight Nation Alliance. Chinse casualties were very heavy. One Russian ship was sunk in the engagement. Four Chinese destroyers were captured, and recommissioned in Western navies.
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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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