Battle of Fujian should not be confused with Battle of Fuzhou.
Conflict: | Battle of Fujian |
Date: | August 1864 – June 1865 |
Place: | Fujian, China |
Territory: | Qing recover previously lost territories in Fujian |
Result: | Qing Dynasty victory |
Combatant1: | Qing Dynasty |
Combatant2: | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom |
Commander1: | Zuo Zongtang |
Commander2: | Li Shixian |
Strength1: | 130,000 Xiang Army |
Strength2: | 280,000 Taipings |
Casualties1: | unknown |
Casualties2: | unknown |
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.