Toaw Scenario: The Boxer Rebellion of 1900

China,
June 12, 1900,

Allies army of 135 units opposed to China army of 104 units
for a battle of complexity 1.04 at Regiment(III) level
on a 2.5 Km/Hex map
for 38 turns of Half Week each.

by J S Burke submited on 06-01-2003

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Briefing
Civilization vs. Chinese Barbarism: The Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The likely emergence of alliances against Chinese expansionism in the 21st century will prompt diplomats and historians to draw parallels with the response of civilized nations at the end of the 19th century to the emergence of a China dominated by xenophobic racialists determined to purify China of "foreign devils" and all vestiges of Western culture. For centuries prior to 1900, China had a number of influential and conspiratorial societies. One of the most powerful was the Boxers, or I Ho Ch'uan (Righteous Harmonious Fists). Their xenophobic creed found strong support in China's military, and the Imperial Court of the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi. China's defeat by Japan in 1894-1895 and successive demands by Germany, Russia, France, and Britain intensified popular support for the Boxers. After fanatics had murdered thousands of Chinese Christians, the Dowager Empress issued an Imperial Edict on 11 January 1900, which tacitly supported the Boxers. The following months saw widespread riots, looting, and savagery directed at all vestiges of foreign influence. At the end of May 1900, foreign missions in China demanded action. On May 30, allied troops stationed on ships just off the coast moved to reinforce Peking. However, only 430 troops of varying nationalities were able to reach Peking before things got out of hand. On June 9, with mobs numbering in the thousands looting and burning foreign property in Peking, the British minister in Peking, Sir Claude MacDonald, wired Admiral Seymour at Taku to march on the city with a large relief force. Subsequent attacks by Boxers and Chinese Imperial troops were but a prelude to China's hostile act of waging an offensive war on all of the allied powers and their legal interests in China. The mission of the Allied commander is to march on Peking to save more than a thousand civilians and troops trapped in the Legation Quarter, and then attack and seize the Forbidden City (located within the Imperial City). Note that in this era, the Chinese Imperial Army was provided with very poorly designed weapons, limited ammunition, and little training. Chinese units were typically under-strength, and easily routed when not entrenched in built up areas. However, do not under-estimate the scale of the Boxer resistance!

Briefing

Civilization vs. Chinese Barbarism: The Boxer Rebellion of 1900.

The likely emergence of alliances against Chinese expansionism in the 21st century will prompt diplomats and historians to draw parallels with the response of civilized nations at the end of the 19th century to the emergence of a China dominated by xenophobic racialists determined to purify China of "foreign devils" and all vestiges of Western culture. For centuries prior to 1900, China had a number of influential and conspiratorial societies. One of the most powerful was the Boxers, or I Ho Ch'uan (Righteous Harmonious Fists). Their xenophobic creed found strong support in China's military, and the Imperial Court of the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi. China's defeat by Japan in 1894-1895 and successive demands by Germany, Russia, France, and Britain intensified popular support for the Boxers. After fanatics had murdered thousands of Chinese Christians, the Dowager Empress issued an Imperial Edict on 11 January 1900, which tacitly supported the Boxers. The following months saw widespread riots, looting, and savagery directed at all vestiges of foreign influence. At the end of May 1900, foreign missions in China demanded action.

On May 30, allied troops stationed on ships just off the coast moved to reinforce Peking. However, only 430 troops of varying nationalities were able to reach Peking before things got out of hand. On June 9, with mobs numbering in the thousands looting and burning foreign property in Peking, the British minister in Peking, Sir Claude MacDonald, wired Admiral Seymour at Taku to march on the city with a large relief force. Subsequent attacks by Boxers and Chinese Imperial troops were but a prelude to China's hostile act of waging an offensive war on all of the allied powers and their legal interests in China.

The mission of the Allied commander is to march on Peking to save more than a thousand civilians and troops trapped in the Legation Quarter, and then attack and seize the Forbidden City (located within the Imperial City).

Note that in this era, the Chinese Imperial Army was provided with very poorly designed weapons, limited ammunition, and little training. Chinese units were typically under-strength, and easily routed when not entrenched in built up areas. However, do not under-estimate the scale of the Boxer resistance!