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Battle of Senluo Temple

When
18 October 1899
Where
Near a temple on the western edge of Pingyuan County, northwestern Shandong
Part of
Battle of Senluo Temple opens the Boxer conflict in Shandong (October 1899)

Clash between Boxers and Qing troops near a temple in Pingyuan County, Shandong, on October 18, 1899.

The engagement took place near a temple on the western edge of Pingyuan County in northwestern Shandong. It was the first time the Boxers used the name "Militia United in Righteousness." The battle involved Qing government troops and members of the Boxer movement, marking a significant escalation in the conflict. The specific temple name is not confirmed by the supplied passages, and no coordinates are corroborated.

Sources

  1. Battle of Senluo Temple Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
  2. Boxer Rebellion Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.