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Battle of Motien Pass

Battle of Motien Pass was a battle fought on 17 July 1904 at Liaodong Peninsula, in what is now China. It was part of the Russo-Japanese War, which ran from 1904 to 1905. The recorded result: Japanese victory. Recorded strength: 11,000 against 25,000.

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Fought17 July 1904
WhereLiaodong Peninsula, China40.000N, 122.500E
OutcomeJapanese victory
BelligerentsEmpire of JapanagainstRussian Empire
Casualties and losses355and1,213
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 Motien Pass, 1904
18 placed engagements of the Russo-Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date17 July 1904
PlaceLiaodong Peninsula, China
40.000N, 122.500E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength11,00025,000
Casualties and losses3551,213
Commanders
  • Fyodor Eduardovich Keller
Battle of Motien PassBattle of Motien PassBattle of Te-li-SsuBattle of TashihchiaoBattle of YingkouSiege of AnsiBattle of the Yalu RiverBattle of Te-li-SsuBattle of TashihchiaoBattle of YingkouSiege of AnsiBattle of the Yalu RiverDalianJinxiAnshanJinzhouDandongWafangdian100 km40.000N, 122.500E
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Battle of Motien Pass 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 Q2469370, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Motien Pass, revision 1370269908, 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.