Battle of Muddy Flat
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The Battle of Muddy Flat, also called the Battle of Nicheng by the Chinese, was a small land/naval battle on the borders of the Shanghai Concession areas of what would later become the Shanghai Intern
British and American attack during the Battle of Muddy Flat, Shanghai, China, 1854
Taiping Rebellion
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The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War, Revolution, or Movement, was a civil war in late imperial China between the Qing dynasty and the rebel Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The conflic
Battle of Muddy Flat
…forces with a fleet of mercenary allies on April 3–4, 1854. The battle took place during the Small Swords Society uprising, which was part of the Taiping Rebellion, but before the Second Opium War. Qing forces began harassing foreigners around the foreign concessions in part due to individual foreigners trading…
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An alleged drawing of Hong Xiuquan, dating from around the early 1850s
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