battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Chishui River

Name: Battle of Chishui River
Location: China

Battle of Chishui River was a battle fought in 1935 in what is now China. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Communist forces manage to maneuver out of the Nationalists' encirclement. Recorded strength: 400,000 against 30,000.

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Fought1935

WhereChina28.802N, 105.842E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeCommunist forces manage to maneuver out of the Nationalists' encirclement

BelligerentsRepublic of China (Nationalists); Republic of China (1912–1949); Local warlordsagainstChinese Soviet Republic (Communists); Chinese Soviet Republic

Casualties and losses30,000 casualties; 3,600 capturedandUnknown

Record

Date	1935 (year precision)
Place	China 28.802N, 105.842E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	400,000	30,000
Casualties and losses	30,000 casualties; 3,600 captured	Unknown
Commanders	Chiang Kai-shek Xue Yue Liu Xiang (warlord) He Jian Wang Jialie Long Yun	Mao Zedong Zhu De Zhou Enlai Zhang Wentian Wang Jiaxiang Peng Dehuai

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Diaoyucheng 1259, 141 km N
Battle of Bamianshan 1950, 333 km E
Battle of Wuyuan 1940, 345 km NE
Battle of Luding Bridge 1935, 371 km W
Battle of Jianmenguan date unknown, 404 km N

Elsewhere in 1935

Battle of Khalkhyn Temple Mongolia
Battle of Luding Bridge China
Orahodoga Incident People's Republic of China
Battle of Ingavi (1935) Paraguay
Battle of Serra do Doutor Brazil

Battle of Chishui River is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 339 in present-day People's Republic of China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q10925167, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Chishui River, revision 1370437115, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.