Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa o te Boxer Rebellion, i uru te Asiatic Squadron ki te China Relief Expedition i te 1900. I taua wā, he maha nga tangata ke i noho ki Peking i raro i te mana whakahaere o
i whakaekehia e ngā whakakeke Pōkaha. 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.