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Battle of Shaho

Battle of Shaho was a battle fought on 5 October 1904 in what is now China; it lasted 12 days. It was part of the Russo-Japanese War, which ran from 1904 to 1905. The recorded result: See #Aftermath. Recorded strength: 120,000–170,000 against 210,000–220,000.

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Japanese Troops in the Battle of Shaho
Japanese Troops in the Battle of Shaho. P. F. Collier & Son, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought5 October 1904lasted 12 days
WhereChina41.599N, 123.457E
OutcomeSee #Aftermath
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 Shaho, 1904
18 placed engagements of the Russo-Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date5 October 1904
to 17 October 1904
PlaceChina
41.599N, 123.457E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength120,000–170,000210,000–220,000
Casualties and losses21,125; 4,099 killed; 16,398 wounded; 628 captured41,351; 5,084 killed; 30,506 wounded; 4,869 MIA
Commanders
Battle of ShahoBattle of ShahoBattle of MukdenBattle of SandepuBattle of HsimuchengBattle of LiaoyangSiege of AnsiBattle of MukdenBattle of SandepuBattle of HsimuchengBattle of LiaoyangSiege of AnsiAnshanYingkowFuxinTielingHuanrenTaedong100 km41.599N, 123.457E
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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: RUSS ARMY GROUPDefender: JAP ARMY GROUP
Strength210,000145,000
Casualties46,000 (21.9%)17,000 (11.7%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1045
Outcomedefender won
Duration2 days
Front width64 km64 km
Attacker advanced-23.8 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 245), 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 Shaho 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 Q920679, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Shaho, revision 1370589119, 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.