sentences: "Aurora" was recommissioned for service in the Far East in 1899 under the command of Captain Edward Bayly and some of her crew, including Bayly, took part in the Battle of Tientsin in July 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion.In early February 1902 she was ordered to leave, homebound, arriving at Aden on 3 March, at Malta 17 March, and at Plymouth on 26 March.