Battle of Jiangnan (1856)
The First rout of the Jiangnan Battalion (simplified Chinese: 一破江南大营; traditional Chinese: 一破江南大營) took place between 1853 and 1856 when the Qing government raised the Green Standard Army to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The action involved Qing forces surrounding the city of Nanjing, the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
| First rout of the Jiangnan Battalion | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Qing Dynasty | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Xiang Rong † Her Chyun Zhang GuoLiang Jeer Hungar † |
Yang Xiuqing Qin Rigang Shi Dakai Li Xiucheng | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 80,000 Green Standard Army | 460,000 militia forces | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 39,000 killed or wounded | unknown | ||||||||
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