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Battle of Shanghai

Battle of Shanghai was a battle fought in 1861 at Shanghai, in what is now People's Republic of China; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Shanghai. It was part of the Taiping Rebellion, which ran from 1851 to 1864. The recorded result: Qing dynasty victory. Recorded strength: 40,000 Green Standard Army; 20,000 Huai Army; 3,000 Ever Victorious Army; 4,000; 3,000 against 120,000.

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Fought1861ran into the following year
WhereShanghai, People's Republic of China31.233N, 121.469E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeQing dynasty victory
BelligerentsQing dynasty; French Empire; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandagainstTaiping Heavenly Kingdom
Casualties and losses? deathsand? deaths
Part ofTaiping Rebellion1851 to 1864

Where it sits in the Taiping Rebellion

Jintian Uprising, 1851Battle of Changsha, 1852Battle of Wuchang, 1852Battle of Nanjing, 1853Northern Expedition, 1853Battle of Muddy Flat, 1854Battle of Sanhe, 1858Battle of Jiangnan (1860), 1860Battle of Shanghai, 1861Battle of Anqing, 1861Occupation of Ningbo, 1861Battle of Cixi, 1862Siege of Suzhou, 1863Third Battle of Nanking, 186418511864Battle of Shanghai, 1861
14 placed engagements of the Taiping Rebellion in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1861 (year precision)
to 1862
PlaceShanghai, People's Republic of China
31.233N, 121.469E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Territorial changeSoutheast China
Strength40,000 Green Standard Army; 20,000 Huai Army; 3,000 Ever Victorious Army; 4,000; 3,000120,000
Casualties and losses? deaths? deaths
Commanders
  • Li Hongzhang
  • Cheng Xueqi
  • Liu Mingchuan
  • Auguste Léopold Protet
  • Frederick Townsend Ward
  • Edward Forrester
  • Li Xiucheng
  • Tan Shaoguang
  • Li Rongfa
  • Chen Kunshu
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Placed at Shanghai; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Battle of Shanghai is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 448 in present-day China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3493762, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Shanghai (1861–1862), revision 1370589152, 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.