Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te wā o te Boxer Rebellion, i uru te Squadron Āhia ki te China Relief Expedition i te tau 1900. I taua wā, he maha nga manene i noho ki Peking i raro i te whakapae
e ngā whakakeke kaihoe. Ko te kaha o te ao tae atu ki nga US Marines me nga kaipuke US Navy o te Asiatic Squadron i whawhai wawe ki te whakahaere i Tientsin mai i nga Boxer kia taea ai te whakakore i te Siege of the International Legations i Peking.