Western Expedition

Western Expedition
Part of Taiping Rebellion
DateMay 19, 1853 - March 1856
Location
Result Limited Taiping success, Taiping occupies most of Anhui and Jiangxi, but fail to retake Hunan and Hubei
Territorial
changes
Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan
Belligerents
Qing dynasty Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
  • Hu Yiguang
  • Lai Hanying
  • Zeng Tianyang
  • Wei Jun
  • Shi Zhenxiang

The Western Expedition (Chinese: 太平天國西征) was a campaign by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom against the Qing dynasty during the Taiping Rebellion.