Battle of Nanjing (1853)

Part of the Taiping Rebellion

Date	March 1853
Location	Nanjing and surrounding areas
Result	Taiping troops victory, Fall of Nanjing, changed name of Tianjing(天京)

Belligerents

Qing Dynasty
Green Standard Army

Taiping rebels

Commanders and leaders

Lu Jianying
Imperial Inspector Minister Xiang Rong

Qin Rigang
Yang Xiuqing
Wei Changhui

Strength

40,000-60,000 men(included Eight Banners 20,000)

550,000 men

Casualties and losses

~30,000 military personnel, ~30,000 civilians

10,000

Taiping Rebellion

Jintian – Nanking – 1st Nanking – Heaven City – Sanhe – Jiangnan – Shanghai – Cixi – 3rd Nanking

The Battle of Nanjing (1853) (Chinese: 太平軍攻佔南京; pinyin: Taiping jun gon zain Nánjīng; Wade–Giles: Nan-ching Pao-wei Chan) began after the fall of Wuhan on March 8, 1853, and ended with the fall of the capital city of Nanjing on March 19, 1853 to Taiping troops, a few days after the Qing Government had evacuated the city.

Attack

References

Draft History of Qing