In late May, the anti-Christian Boxers took a broader anti-foreign turn, and as they became more organized, they started to attack the Beijing–Baoding railway and to cut telegraph lines between Beijing and Tianjin.
5月末，反基督教的拳民产生了扩大化的排外改变，随着他们越来越有组织，他们开始攻打北京-保定铁路，切断北京和天津之间的电报线路。