Meanwhile, an increase in the number of the legation guards – they arrived in Beijing on 31 May – further inflamed anti-foreign sentiment in Beijing and its surrounding countryside: for the first time, Boxers started to attack foreigners directly.
同时，使馆护卫数目的增加——他们于5月31日到达北京——愈发引燃了北京及其周边乡村的排外情绪：第一次，拳民开始直接攻击外国人。