| 1 | The author make a study of the Qing Army dispatched to Tianjin. | |
| 2 | Thus no men of Qing army would risk crossing the Xiangjiang Riverand launching attacks on the west riverbank. | |
| 3 | Rebel soldiers numbering around 3, 600 defeated 3, 000 Qing loyalists to take the local government headquarters. | |
| 4 | But ultimately they were hopelessly outnumbered, and the Qing army had the advantage of firepower, and at the beginning of September the Aboriginals surrendered. | |
| 5 | The Allied Forces of Eight Powers had to deal with rigorous resistence from the Qing government's army, and the Boxers before they took Beijing. |