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Battle of Pyongyang

Battle of Pyongyang was a battle fought on 15 September 1894 at Pyongyang, in what is now North Korea. It was part of First Sino-Japanese War, which ran from 1894 to 1895. The recorded result: Japanese victory.

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Battle of Ping Yang: The routing of the Chinese Army. Original wash drawing signed and dated by Schönberg; officers and soldiers at command or organization point near buildings, battle taking place in
Battle of Ping Yang: The routing of the Chinese Army. Original wash drawing signed and dated by Schönberg; officers and soldiers at command or organization point near buildings, battle taking place in. Schönberg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date15 September 1894
PlacePyongyang, North Korea
39.033N, 125.750E
Part ofFirst Sino-Japanese War (1894 to 1895)
KindBattle, nineteenth century
ResultJapanese victory
BelligerentsEmpire of JapanQing Dynasty
CommandersYamagata Aritomo; Ōyama Iwao; Nozu Michitsura; Katsura TarōYe Zhichao; Zuo Baogui; Wei Rugui
Strength~10,000 troops (Japanese sources); 20,000+ troops (Chinese sources); 23,800 troops (Fung, 1996)20,000 troops; 35 artillery guns; 6 machine guns
Casualties and losses162 killed; 438 wounded; 33 missing in action; 633 total2,000 killed; 700 taken prisoner (including 100 wounded)
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Battle of Pyongyang is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 30 in present-day North Korea.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q715791, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Pyongyang (1894), revision 1384953476, 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.