1900 China, the Boxer Rebellion is in full swing and rumors are that Empress Cixi has allowed the Imperial Chinese Army to actively aid the Boxers. A joint force of allied European troops hold a critical outpost and await either attack or re-enforcement. The force is under the leadership of Captain Sydney Smythburns ( above to the right) detached from the 95th Highlanders. Under his command is a section of French sailors under Ensign Henri Reims,
a unit from the Hong Kong Regiment Sgt. Lee Chin commanding, Ensign Rupert B. Dethdellr's Royal Navy Nordfelt Machinegun Team,
and a detachment of Sikhs under Subadar Imma Khan.
The first boxers scout the outpost.
The Boxer Army includes four large unit of boxers with assorted hand weapons and unit of Imperial Tigermen with swords and shields and a unit of Imperial regulars with modern rifles. All are under the command of "General" Shi Yang.
Smythburns puts the French sailors in a forest on his right flank and forms a firing line with the rest of his force-Nordfelt in the middle. The General Shi''s Boxers go for a left flank and up the middle attack
CHARGE!
Contact between the Black Flags and the French!
At the cost of five casualties the first charge of the Black Flags is repulsed-barely.
Smythburns and the Hong Kong detachment take defensive positions in the ruins. Mean while, Ensign Riems' sailors pour deadly volley fire into the disordered Black Flags who rally and ready themselves for another charge.
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After a brutal fight Ensign Riems and his sailors are wiped out by the Black Flags. (the French casualties can be seen to the upper left).
Combined rifle and machinegun fire halts the Red and Green Boxers on the rough hillock.
Victory on the left stalemate in the middle what does the future hold for the Boxers?
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