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Battle of Sandepu

Battle of Sandepu was a battle fought on 25 January 1905 in what is now China; it lasted 4 days. It was part of the Russo-Japanese War, which ran from 1904 to 1905. The recorded result: Inconclusive. Recorded strength: 40,000 against 75,000.

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1905 postcard of Russian officers at Battle of Sandpu in the Russo-Japanese War
1905 postcard of Russian officers at Battle of Sandpu in the Russo-Japanese War. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought25 January 1905lasted 4 days
WhereChina41.783N, 123.433E
OutcomeInconclusive
BelligerentsEmpire of JapanagainstRussian Empire
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 Sandepu, 1905
18 placed engagements of the Russo-Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date25 January 1905
to 29 January 1905
PlaceChina
41.783N, 123.433E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength40,00075,000
Casualties and losses9,511; 1,848 killed; 7,421 wounded; 242 captured13,963; 1,727 killed; 11,123 wounded; 1,113 MIA
Commanders
Battle of SandepuBattle of SandepuBattle of MukdenBattle of ShahoBattle of HsimuchengBattle of LiaoyangSiege of AnsiBattle of ShahoBattle of HsimuchengBattle of LiaoyangSiege of AnsiAnshanYingkowFuxinLiaoyuanTielingHuanrenTaedong100 km41.783N, 123.433E
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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: RUSS ARMYDefender: JAP ARMY GROUP
Strength58,00040,000
Casualties13,000 (22.4%)9,400 (23.5%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1056
Outcomedefender won
Duration1.8 days
Front width24 km24 km
Attacker advanced0 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 246), 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 Sandepu 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 Q1358032, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Sandepu, revision 1370588463, 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.