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天津的失陷，使北京失去了最后的屏障，列强攫取侵华利益的欲望愈发膨胀。占领天津后，联军就陆续收到来自北京的情报和使馆的求救信。其中英国公使窦纳乐在信中写到：“如果中国人不加强进攻，我们还可以坚持数天到十天左右，如果他们下了决心，那就不出四五天了。”美国公使
The fall of Tianjin made Beijing lose its last screen. The desire of the powers to seize the interests of invading China further expanded. After occupying Tianjin, the coalition forces successively received information from Beijing and the embassy’s letter of help. Among them, the British Minister Douarle wrote in his letter: “If the Chinese do not step up attacks, we can persist in days to ten days or so and if they make up their mind, they will not have four or five days to go.” The U.S. Minister