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Battle of the Taku Forts, a Common card
The Battle of the Taku or Battle of Dagu Forts was a short engagement during the Boxer Rebellion between the Chinese Qing dynasty military and forces belonging to the Eight Nation Alliance in June 1900.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Battle of the Taku Forts quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Battle of the Taku Forts card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Allied powers remained in control of the forts until the end of the Boxer Rebellion in ______ 1901.
Answer
September. Allied powers remained in control of the forts until the end of the Boxer Rebellion in September 1901. From the Battle of the Taku Forts article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Battle of the Taku or Battle of Dagu Forts was a short engagement during the Boxer Rebellion between the Chinese Qing dynasty military and forces belonging to the Eight Nation Alliance in June ____.
Answer
1900s. The Battle of the Taku or Battle of Dagu Forts was a short engagement during the Boxer Rebellion between the Chinese Qing dynasty military and forces belonging to the Eight Nation Alliance in June 1900. From the Battle of the Taku Forts article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
German World War II fortresses. German World War II fortresses 73 · 1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia 68 · Battle of the Taku Forts 60 · Henri de Baillet-Latour 55 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- European and Japanese naval forces captured the Taku forts after a brief but bloody battle with units of the Qing dynasty.
- Their loss prompted the Qing government to side with the Boxers while the Chinese army was ordered to resist all foreign military forces within Chinese territory.
- Allied powers remained in control of the forts until the end of the Boxer Rebellion in September 1901.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Battle of the Taku Forts article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Battle of the Taku Forts
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Battle of the Taku Forts (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fritz Neumann / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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