Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Qishan

Qing dynasty politician (1786-1864)

Qishan is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1841 and 1853: 2 battles, 1 naval action and 1 campaign, all in present-day China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,759 km apart end to end, 586 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Opium War (3), Taiping Rebellion (1).

Second Battle of ChuenpeeBattle of the BogueBattle of CantonNorthern ExpeditionSecond Battle of ChuenpeeBattle of the BogueBattle of CantonNorthern ExpeditionTaipeiChengduWuhanChongqingChattogramXianNanjingGuiyangZiboHangzhou1000 km29.303N, 108.555E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1841: 3 engagements3 in 18411853: 1 engagements18411853
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Second Battle of Chuenpee, 1841Battle of the Bogue, 1841Battle of Canton, 1841Northern Expedition, 185318411853
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 January 1841Second Battle of ChuenpeePeople's Republic of ChinaBritish victory; Signing of the Convention of Chuenpi
23 February 1841Battle of the BogueChina6 km NWBritish victory
18 March 1841Battle of CantonGuangzhou, China52 km NWBritish victory
1853Northern ExpeditionPeople's Republic of China, China1,702 km NWQing victory; The Northern Expeditionary Army was...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.