For the battle during the First Opium War, see Battle of Tzeki.
Battle of Cixi
Part of the Taiping Rebellion (Eastern Expedition)
Date
September 21, 1862
Location
Cixi, Zhejiang
Result
Qing victory
Belligerents
Qing dynasty
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Frederick T. Ward (DOW)
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Strength
Ever Victorious Army
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Casualties and losses
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Taiping Rebellion
Jintian
Changsha
Wuchang
1st Nanjing
Western Expedition
Northern Expedition
Eastern Expedition
1st Jiangnan
Tianjing incident
Sanhe
2nd Jiangnan
Ningbo
Anqing
Shanghai
Guanzhong
Cixi
Changzhou
3rd Nanjing
Hubei
Fujian
The Battle of Cixi or Battle of Tzeki (慈溪之戰) was an armed engagement in the Taiping Rebellion fought between the Ever Victorious Army of the Qing dynasty and forces of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on September 21, 1862, at Cixi. The battle, which was won by the Ever Victorious Army, resulted in the mortal wounding of Frederick Townsend Ward, the American mercenary who founded and commanded the force. Ward's death after the battle led to the succession of Henry Andres Burgevine as commander of the Ever Victorious Army and initiated a period of decline for the force.
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