What the records say
- When
- Sep 1718
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.48° N, 92.06° E
- Description
- 1718 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of the Salween River
1718 battle
The Battle of the Salween River was fought in September 1718 close to the Nagqu in Tibet, between an expedition of the Qing dynasty to Lhasa and a Dzungar Khanate force that blocked its path.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Tibet, forces of the Tibetan Dzungar Khanate destroys an advancing expedition of the Chinese Imperial Army, under the command of General Erentei”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва на Салуине”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page