Eight-Nation Alliance divided Beijing into different occupied areas: the northeast was occupied by the Japanese army, the east by the Russian army, the west by the Italian army, the northeast by the German army, the east by the Japanese army, the southeast by the British army and the west by the German army. The west city was occupied by American, French, British and Italian troops, and the outer city was occupied by British, American and German troops and was under military rule. The China Captive Bureau was set up in the Japanese-occupied area, and the invading Russian army posted a notice forbidding the Russian people to resist, saying that "China people with guns will be punished immediately if they change course. If a room is on fire, it will be burned down. "
Eight-Nation Alliance was slaughtered after occupying Beijing, and the Boxer Rebellion was unyielding.
Eight-Nation Alliance often accused people of being Boxers, so he killed them. The invading army set fire to Wangmi, Zhuang Qin in Xisibei Taipingguan Hutong, killing 1800 people on the spot. The German invaders were ordered to "kill anyone in China in battle, men, women and children." Lu Yu, a group of French troops from China, drove the crowd into a dead end with machine guns and drove for 15 minutes, leaving no one behind. The Japanese captured China people, tortured them, tested how many people a bullet could penetrate, or deliberately shot at them, causing them to die painfully after being shot several times. When killing people, Eight-Nation Alliance was armed to the teeth and "supervised". People took photos from all angles in an attempt to intimidate the people of China. Now it is hard evidence of Eight-Nation Alliance's crime.
According to records, it is said: "On the day when the city was broken, no one was killed by foreigners." "But I heard gunshots, cries for help from women and children, and bodies lying in the street." British records say: "Beijing has become a real cemetery, full of dead people, no one buried them, leaving wild dogs to eat the lying bodies."
Eight-Nation Alliance insulted women and ravaged them at will. According to the records, "the Allies tried to drive away all the women they got, regardless of the good songs, old and young, just to build hutongs and let them live in houses as official prostitutes. The western end of its hutong should be blocked to prevent escape. " Only the eastern end is left as a way to get in and out, so that people can supervise, let the Coalition forces and others go in and play, and commit adultery at will. "The great scholar's wife, 90 years old, died of aggression. Many people don't want to be insulted and commit suicide. Xila Hutong 1 1, where Yi Rong, the governor of imperial academy, lived, said angrily, "Can you lose face? "The whole family threw themselves into the well. The father, wife and daughter of Tongzhi Queen, a minister of the Ministry of Finance, was detained in the Temple of Heaven and gang-raped by dozens of people in Eight-Nation Alliance. After returning, the whole family committed suicide. Chongqi committed suicide by taking poison.
On August 28th, the G8 held a military parade in the Palace. Troops from all over the world gathered in front of the Jinshui Bridge in Tiananmen Square and marched through Tiananmen Square, Duanmen, the Forbidden City and Shenwumen. In turn, there are 3 170 troops from Russia, Japan, Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy and Austria, and Russian bands play national anthems and music from various countries. This is a serious insult to China and a violation of China's sovereignty. After the military parade, officers from all over the world returned to the palace and openly robbed them in the name of visiting. A British aggressor later recalled: "A large group of allied officers reached for these things and put what they wanted in their pockets."
After Beijing was occupied, soldiers chartered by Commander-in-Chief Eight-Nation Alliance and German Marshal Vadexi publicly robbed for three days, and then the armies of various countries robbed for many days. China's precious cultural relics have suffered unprecedented catastrophe. The treasures treasured for many years in the Palace and the Summer Palace were looted. General aleko Xie Ye Fu, commander-in-chief of the Russian army, and others "looted" dozens of gold and precious stones in Cixi's bedroom. After the British and French soldiers robbed all kinds of treasures, they took away the big things, put them in coats and bags, and shipped them back to the station. In Songzhu Temple alone, more than 3,000 gold-plated bronze buddhas, 1400 splendid products and 4,300 bronzes were lost. Even the gold plating on the copper cylinder in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was scraped off by the bayonet of the invading army, and it is still being scraped. Alphonse faville, a French Catholic bishop, snatched 654.38+2,000 taels of silver from an official's home, while Freire, commander-in-chief of the French invading army, took away 40 boxes of precious property. The French army robbed Li of 2 million taels of silver. All the shops in Dongsi area were robbed, and all the famous "Four Great Heng" gold numbers were robbed. To the east of Di 'anmen and to the north of Dong 'anmen, 78% of the houses were burned, while to the north of Qianmen and to the south of Dongsi, almost all of them were destroyed.
At that time, an eyewitness wrote: "In the name of catching the Boxer Rebels and searching for firearms, foreign soldiers from all over the world went from house to house in every street and lane, lying in the secret room, rummaging around and searching everywhere." All soft and valuable things, such as money, clocks and watches, are robbed. If you stop it a little, it will be destroyed. "An Englishman said," All the soldiers needed were obtained by sending armies of soldiers to rob the property of China people. If soldiers need anything, China people will inevitably die if they hesitate a little. "Eight-Nation Alliance robbed the Beijing Office of about 60 million taels of silver, including 29 14856 taels of silver deposited by the Japanese army in the Ministry of Public Security (now the compound of the Ministry of Public Security), and immediately set fire to the house to cover up the evidence. The drum of the Drum Tower was punctured by a Japanese bayonet.
Astronomical instruments of ancient observatories play an important role in the history of world astronomy. French invaders and German invaders competed for these musical instruments. Wadesi said, "These astronomical instruments are of great artistic value, and their shapes and dragon decorations are perfect." On February 2, 65438, the French army took a piece, while the Germans took the planetarium, gauge, horizon, weighing instruments and soldiers and transported them to Berlin, Germany. I didn't return to China until 192 1.
The Grand Ceremony of Yongle was compiled by 2/0/000 scholars in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty (1403-1408), with a volume of ***22870. 1860 During the Second Opium War, it was looted and destroyed by the British and French allied forces. Later, it was collected in the Royal Historical Pagoda on Wang Hongbin Avenue. 1900 was destroyed and abandoned by Eight-Nation Alliance, and even used for building fortifications. So far, there are only over 200 copies left. Sikuquanshu was compiled by 360 scholars in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty (1772- 1782), with a collection of 346 1 kind of ancient books, with 79,309 volumes and 7 sets of complete books, on 1860. The Imperial Academy (now the compound of the Ministry of Public Security) contains a large number of precious books, which were looted and destroyed by Eight-Nation Alliance. Up to now, there are still many books such as Yongle Dadian that were looted in the museums in London and Paris.
After Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing, he continued to attack Baoding, Yixian, Yongqing, Zhangjiakou, Shanhaiguan and Niangziguan. Russia dispatched 1.7 million troops to occupy the northeast, Eight-Nation Alliance burned and looted everywhere, and the cities and villages were reduced to ruins.