Pescadores campaign (1895)

Pescadores campaign
	Part of the First Sino-Japanese War and the Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
	; The Rising Sun Flag flying over Yuweng Island after its occupation by Japan
Date	23–26 March 1895
Location	Pescadores Islands, China
Result	Japanese victory Japanese forces invade Taiwan;
Belligerents
Empire of Japan	Great Qing
Commanders and leaders
Itō Sukeyuki ; Tōgō Heihachirō ; Dewa Shigetō ; Hishijima Yoshiteru	Zhu Shangpan
Strength
11,000	13,642
Casualties and losses
1,500 died of disease	Heavy

The Pescadores campaign (23–26 March 1895) was the last military operation of the First Sino-Japanese War and an essential preliminary to the Japanese conquest of Taiwan.