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Early at the turn of the century a rebel force in China that called itself the Society of "Righteous and Harmonious Fists", subsequently called the "Boxers", initiated a rebellion in China that threatened the legations of several nations in Peking and Tientsen. The 1st Regiment (Marines) under Major Littleton Waller arrived in China on June 19 and tried to seize Tientsin, but was driven back. On June 23 Waller's Marines finally entered the city, forcing the Chinese forces to retreat to Peking where the situation was critical, the legation surrounded and protected only by a small International force including the Marine Guard. The countryside around Peking was controlled by rebel Boxers and Chinese forces. On July 12 Hospital Apprentice Robert Stanley volunteered to carry an important message to the British legation, despite the fact that the only route was down a street down which the Chinese forces were firing. |
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