battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Chishui River

Name: Battle of Chishui River
Location: Chishui River, China

Battle of Chishui River was a battle fought in 1935 at Chishui River, in what is now China. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Chishui River. The recorded result: Communist forces manage to maneuver out of the Nationalists' encirclement. Recorded strength: 400,000 against 30,000.

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Fought1935

WhereChishui River, China28.802N, 105.842E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeCommunist forces manage to maneuver out of the Nationalists' encirclement

BelligerentsRepublic of China (Nationalists); Republic of China (1912–1949); Local warlordsagainstChinese Soviet Republic (Communists); Chinese Soviet Republic

Casualties and losses30,000 casualties; 3,600 capturedandUnknown

Record

Date	1935 (year precision)
Place	Chishui River, China 28.802N, 105.842E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	400,000	30,000
Casualties and losses	30,000 casualties; 3,600 captured	Unknown
Commanders	Chiang Kai-shek Xue Yue Liu Xiang (warlord) He Jian Wang Jialie Long Yun	Mao Zedong Zhu De Zhou Enlai Zhang Wentian Wang Jiaxiang Peng Dehuai

Placed at Chishui River; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Bombing of Chongqing 1938, 130 km NE
Siege of Diaoyucheng 1259, 141 km N
proposed Japanese invasion of Sichuan 1942, 306 km NW
Battle of Bamianshan 1950, 333 km E
Battle of Wuyuan 1940, 345 km NE

Elsewhere in 1935

Battle of Khalkhyn Temple Mongolia
De Bono's invasion of Abyssinia Ethiopia
Ethiopian Christmas Offensive Ethiopia
Battle of Luding Bridge China
Orahodoga Incident People's Republic of China

Battle of Chishui River is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 448 in present-day China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q10925167, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Chishui River, revision 1370437115, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.