Battle of Fujian
The Battle of Fujian (August 1864–June 1865) was fought between forces of the Qing Dynasty and rebels from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. By October 1864 around 12,000 pro-Taiping forces commanded by the Shi King Li Shixian had captured Jianning, Shaowu, Tingzhou and Zhangzhou.[1] They held the city for several months until surrendering in the next summer. The Qing recovered territories in Fujian previously lost to the rebels.
| Battle of Fujian | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Qing Dynasty | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Zuo Zongtang | Li Shixian | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 130,000 Xiang Army | 280,000 Taipings | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| unknown; | unknown; | ||||||||
References
- [Men-at-Arms] Ian Heath, Michael Perry - The Taiping Rebellion 1851-66 (2010, Osprey Publishing)
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