Battle of Keelung (1895)

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Battle of Keelung
Part of Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
Date 2–3 June 1895 Location Keelung, Taiwan Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Empire of Japan	Republic of Formosa
Commanders and leaders
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa	Tang Jingsong
Strength
7,000 infantry and 5 warships	12,000 infantry
Casualties and losses
3 killed, 26 wounded	200 killed[1]

The Battle of Keelung was the first significant engagement of the Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) on 2–3 June 1895 when the short-lived Republic of Formosa sought to repel the Japanese military forces sent there to occupy the ceded territories, by China's Qing dynasty, of the Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan under the April 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki. The treaty was the result of China's defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War.