Battle of the Yalu River (1904)

This article is about the first battle of the Russo-Japanese War. For the naval battle of the First Sino-Japanese War, see Battle of the Yalu River (1894).

Battle of the Yalu River
Part of the Russo-Japanese War

Japanese cavalry crossing the Yalu River
Date30 April – 1 May 1904
Location
Near Wiju, border of Korea and China
40°11′29.400″N 124°31′32.988″E / 40.19150000°N 124.52583000°E / 40.19150000; 124.52583000
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Empire of Japan Empire of Japan  Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Kuroki Tamemoto Russian Empire Mikhail Zasulich
Russian Empire Nikolai Kashtalinsky
Strength
42,000 About 25,000
Casualties and losses
1,036 killed, wounded or missing

2,172 casualties

  • 593 killed
  • 1,101 wounded
  • 478 missing[1]

The Battle of the Yalu River (Amnok River) lasted from April 30 to May 1, 1904 and was the first major land battle during the Russo-Japanese War. It was fought near Wiju (modern village of Sinuiju, North Korea) on the lower reaches of the Yalu River, on the border between Korea and China. Also known as the Yalu River Crossing Operation.[2]

  1. ^ Russian Main Military Medical Directorate (Glavnoe Voenno-Sanitarnoe Upravlenie) statistical report. 1914.
  2. ^ "日露戦争－鴨緑江渡河戦".