The relief force did not know that 2,800 destitute Chinese Christians had taken refuge in the Legation Quarter with the foreigners, nor did it know that three miles distant from the Legations a second siege was in progress.
救军不知道2,800名赤贫的中国基督徒正在使馆区与外国人一同避难，也不知道距离使馆区三英里的地方正在进行第二重围城。