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Battle of Liaoyang

Battle of Liaoyang was a battle fought on 25 August 1904 at Liaoyang, in what is now People's Republic of China; it lasted 11 days. It was part of the Russo-Japanese War, which ran from 1904 to 1905. The recorded result: Japanese victory. Recorded strength: 127,360 men; 484 guns against 149,000 to 158,000 men; 673 guns.

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Battle of Liao Yang
Battle of Liao Yang. Fritz Neumann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought25 August 1904lasted 11 days
WhereLiaoyang, People's Republic of China41.264N, 123.177E
OutcomeJapanese victory
BelligerentsEmpire of JapanagainstRussian Empire
Casualties and losses22,922; 5,537 killed; 18,603 woundedand19,112; 3,611 killed; 14,301 wounded
Part ofRusso-Japanese War1904 to 1905

Where it sits in the Russo-Japanese War

Bombardment of Vladivostok, 1904Battle of Port Arthur, 1904Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 1904Battle of Yalu River, 1904Battle of Nanshan, 1904Battle of Te-li-Ssu, 1904Hitachi Maru Incident, 1904Battle of Motien Pass, 1904Battle of Tashihchiao, 1904Battle of Hsimucheng, 1904Siege of Port Arthur, 1904Battle of the Yellow Sea, 1904Battle off Ulsan, 1904Battle of Korsakov, 1904Battle of Liaoyang, 1904Battle of Shaho, 1904Battle of Sandepu, 1905Battle of Mukden, 190519041905Battle of Liaoyang, 1904
18 placed engagements of the Russo-Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date25 August 1904
to 5 September 1904
PlaceLiaoyang, People's Republic of China
41.264N, 123.177E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength127,360 men; 484 guns149,000 to 158,000 men; 673 guns
Casualties and losses22,922; 5,537 killed; 18,603 wounded19,112; 3,611 killed; 14,301 wounded
Commanders
Battle of LiaoyangBattle of LiaoyangBattle of HsimuchengBattle of ShahoBattle of MukdenBattle of SandepuSiege of AnsiBattle of ShahoBattle of MukdenBattle of SandepuSiege of AnsiAnshanSinuijuJinzhouYingkowFuxinTieling100 km41.264N, 123.177E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Liaoyang
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Liaoyang today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-06-08. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 32 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 10 to 106 m, 96 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 79% built-up, 7% tree cover, 7% cropland.

built-up: 79%tree cover: 7%cropland: 7%water: 4%grassland: 2%built-up 79%tree cover 7%cropland 7%water 4%grassland 2%
west to east, 10.0 km10 to 55 mnorth to south, 10.0 km21 to 40 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: JAP ARMY GROUPDefender: RUSS ARMY GROUP
Strength135,000150,000
Casualties17,500 (13.0%)16,500 (11.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1064
Outcomeattacker won
Duration2 days
Front width42 km42 km
Attacker advanced25 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 244), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Liaoyang is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 339 in present-day People's Republic of China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2440191, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Liaoyang, revision 1370447606, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.