Battle of Nanjing (1853)

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

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.

References

Draft History of Qing