Chester M. Biggs

The United States Marines in North China, 1894-1942

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Produktbeschreibung

Like most foreign troops stationed in China, the United States Marines' mission was to protect the American embassy and American consulates, missionaries, tourists, and other citizens in China. During the half century covered by this book, the Marines saw China as it would never again be. The Opium Wars and Boxer Rebellion gave the Europeans a certain standing, with prerogatives and privileges that were looked upon by everyone, even the Chinese, as a natural order of existence. The author discusses early military operations in north China, the early legation guards, the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, and the Marine legation guard in Peking also in 1900. It also discusses Seymour's relief column, Waller's column, the capture of the Walled City of Tien-Tsin, the siege of the legations at Peking, the relief of Peking, and the Marines' return to Peking.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9780786414888
• ISBN-10: 078641488X
• Artikelnr.: 21341687

Autorenporträt

Chester M. Biggs, a retired Marine Corps master sergeant, has taught school and was the coordinator for audiovisual and printing services at Southeastern Community College in Whiteville, North Carolina. He lives near Hope Mills.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface    
Introduction    
1 Early Military Operations in North China    
2 Early Marine Legation Guards    
3 The Boxer Rebellion    
4 The Marine Legation Guard in Peking (1900)    
5 Seymour's Relief Column    
6 Major Waller's Column    
7 The Capture of Tien-Tsin    
8 The Siege of the Legations at Peking    
9 The Relief of Peking    
10 Marines Return to Peking    
11 The End of an Era: The Old China Marine    
Epilogue    
Appendix A: Chronology    
Appendix B: The Legation Guard at Peking (1900)    
Appendix C: Reports of Colonel Robert J. Meade and Major L.W.T. Waller    
Appendix D: The Letter Sir Claude MacDonald Received from "Prince Ching and
Others"  
Appendix E: U.S. Marines Who Received the Medal of Honor During the Boxer
Rebellion  
Appendix F: Marine Officers Receiving a Brevet Commission During the Boxer
Rebellion  
Appendix G: Appreciation from the American Missionaries for the Marine
Legation Guard  
Appendix H: Letters to Major Waller from British Officers Commending the
Marines' Action at Tien-Tsin   
Appendix I: Operation Reports of the U.S. Marines in the Relief of the
Besieged Legation Quarter at Peking   
Appendix J: Roster of Marine Personnel in North China (December 8,
1941)    
Appendix K: Knights of the Round Table Roster    
Notes     
Bibliography     
Index