Part of the series "Événements de Chine" and depicts the Taiyuan massacre during the Boxer Rebellion between 1899 and 1901 where 45 Christian missionaries and village Christians, including children, were ordered to be killed. The film is a fake historical reenactment photographed at a military tournament in France. In the 1903 British catalog of Pathé, this film is numbered 534.

The Boxers seize a missionary and hang him by the feet over a fire, afterwards setting fire to the mission station.

A detachement of the allies comes on the scene and charges them with fixed bayonets, putting them to flight, and killing a good many.

Source: Pathe