Eastern Expedition
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Eastern Expedition
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The Eastern Expedition encompassed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's efforts to capture the Yangtze River Delta, the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang. Most of the areas would eventually be occupied by the Taipings, but they were notably repulsed at several locations, especially the city of Shanghai. Following the Jintian uprising in the southern province Guangxi and the beginning of open hostilities, Taiping forces attacked and captured Nanjing in central China by 1853. The Western Expedit
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19th-century conflict in China
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Expedition
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2024-01-07T11:54:35Z
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