Nanking incident of 1927
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| Part of the Northern Expedition | |||||||
Report of attacking of foreigners by North China Herald | |||||||
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United Kingdom United States Japan Netherlands France Italy | National Revolutionary Army | ||||||
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Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt Roy C. Smith | Cheng Qian | ||||||
The Nanking Incident (Chinese: 南京事件; pinyin: Nánjīng Shìjiàn; Wade–Giles: Nan2-ching1 Shih4-chien4), also known as the Nanking Outrage or Nanking Massacre, occurred in March 1927 during the capture of Nanjing (then romanized as Nanking) by the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Kuomintang in their Northern Expedition. Foreign warships bombarded the city to defend foreign residents against rioting and looting. Several ships were involved in the engagement, including vessels of the Royal Navy and the United States Navy. Marines and sailors were also landed for rescue operations including some 140 Dutch forces. Both Nationalist and Communist soldiers within the NRA participated in the rioting and looting of foreign-owned property in Nanjing.