Battle of Liaoyang

Battle of Liaoyang
Part of the Russo-Japanese War

Battle of Liao Yang by Fritz Neumann
Date25 August – 3 September 1904
Location
South of Liaoyang, China
41°47′44″N 123°26′53″E / 41.79556°N 123.44806°E / 41.79556; 123.44806
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
 Empire of Japan  Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ōyama Iwao
Kuroki Tamemoto
Oku Yasukata
Nozu Michitsura		 Aleksey Kuropatkin
Georgii Stackelberg
Nikolai Zarubaev
Alexandr von Bilderling
Strength
115 battalions, 33 squadrons, 484 guns[1][2] 127,360 men 208.5 battalions, 153 squadrons, 673 guns,[1][3] 245,300 men[4]
Casualties and losses

22,922[5]

  • 5,537 killed
  • 18,603 wounded

19,112[6]

  • 3,611 killed
  • 14,301 wounded

The Battle of Liaoyang (遼陽会戦, Ryōyō-kaisen, 25 August – 3 September 1904) (Russian: Сражение при Ляояне) was a major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, on the outskirts of the city of Liaoyang in present-day Liaoning Province, China. The city was of great strategic importance as the major Russian military center for southern Manchuria, and a major population center on the main line on the Russian South Manchurian Railway connecting Port Arthur with Mukden. The city was fortified by the Imperial Russian Army with three lines of fortifications.[7]

  1. ^ a b The Official history of the Russo-Japanese War / prepared by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence Part IV p 12
  2. ^ Русско-японская война 1904–1905 гг., т. 3, ч. 2. с. 257.
  3. ^ Русско-японская война 1904–1905 гг., т. 3, ч. 2. с. 270.
  4. ^ Свод материалов к отчету по интендантской части за время войны с Японией" стр. 398–399. табл. #30
  5. ^ The Official history of the Russo-Japanese War / prepared by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence Part IV App D
  6. ^ The Official history of the Russo-Japanese War / prepared by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence Part IV p 115
  7. ^ Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, pp. 205–208.