Battle of Nanshan
1904 battle in the Russo-Japanese War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Nanshan (南山の戦い, Nanzan no tatakai), also known as the battle of Jinzhou or Chinchou (Russian: Сражение при Цзинь-чжоу/Кинь-чжоу[2]), was one of many vicious land battles of the Russo-Japanese War. It took place on 24–26 May 1904 across a two-mile-wide defense line across the narrowest part of the Liáodōng Peninsula, covering the approaches to Port Arthur and on the 116-meter high Nanshan Hill, the present-day Jinzhou District, north of the city center of Dalian, Liaoning, China.
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Part of the Russo-Japanese War | |||||||
Japanese assault on the entrenched Russian forces, 1904 at the Battle of Nanshan | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Empire of Japan | Russian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Oku Yasukata |
Anatoly Stessel Mitrofan Nadein Alexander Fok Nikolai Tretyakov | ||||||
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35,500 |
3,800
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
6,198 killed, wounded or captured |
182 killed 836 wounded 598 Missing in action[1] |
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