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|conflict=Battle of Nanjing (1853)
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|date=March 1853
|place=[[Nanjing]] and surrounding areas
|result=Taiping troops victory, Fall of [[Nanjing]], changed name of '''Tianjing''' (天京)
|combatant1={{flagicon|Qing Dynasty|1862}} [[Qing Dynasty]]<br>{{flagicon image|Green Standard Army.svg}}[[Green Standard Army]]<br>[[Eight Banners]]
|combatant2= [[Taiping
|commander1={{flagicon|Qing Dynasty|1862}} [[Lu Jianying]]{{KIA}}<br>[[Imperial
|commander2=[[Qin Rigang]]<br> [[Yang Xiuqing]]<br>[[Wei Changhui]]
|strength1=40,
|strength2=550,000 men
|casualties1=~30,000
|casualties2=10,000
|casualties3=~30,000 families of manchu bannermen killed<ref>[books.google.com.sg/books?id=Tnp0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT426]</ref> + 40,000 other manchu merchants or tourists}}
{{Campaignbox Taiping Rebellion}}
The '''Battle of Nanjing (1853)''' ({{zh|t=太平軍攻佔南京|s=太平軍攻佔南京|p=Taiping jun gongzhan Nánjīng |w=Nan-ching Pao-wei Chan}}) began after the fall of [[Wuhan]] on March
The remaining Qing garrison surrendered to the Taiping, but they were nonetheless executed.
==Background==
Taiping forces captured [[Wuchang]] in January 1853, but instead of marching north and directly attacking Beijing they decided to head east and first take control of [[Nanjing]] with a force of 500,000+ men.<ref>{{cite book|title=Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795-1989 |first=Bruce A.|last= Elleman}}</ref> The floating bridges initially used in the siege of Wuchang were burned and destroyed to delay Qing advances led by [[Xiang Rong]]. Taiping forces took [[Jiujiang]] and [[Anqing]] in [[Anhui province]] virtually unopposed.
The Taipings reached Nanjing on March 6, with a force that had grown to almost 750,000. The Taiping besieged the city for thirteen days, until three tunnels had been dug beneath city walls in order to plant explosives. Two of them exploded on time but the third one detonated late, killing many Taiping troops in [[friendly fire]]. On March 20, Taiping forces reached the [[Imperial City, Beijing|Imperial City]], the home of the [[Manchu Garrison]] and defended by more than 30,000 Manchu [[Eight Banners|bannermen families]]. Qing forces were unable to contain a Taiping [[human wave attack]] and the Inner City fell quickly. The Taipings murdered about 30,000 manchu families of the defeated manchu soldiers after capturing the city.
During the battle the Taiping forces used [[Spy|spies]] disguised as [[Buddhist monks]] who successfully entered the city. They set fires alerting the Taiping where the weak points in the city were.
== References ==
* [[Draft History of Qing]]
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