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Battle of Te-li-Ssu

Battle of Te-li-Ssu was a battle fought on 14 June 1904 at Liaodong Peninsula, in what is now China; it lasted 1 day. It was part of the Russo-Japanese War, which ran from 1904 to 1905. The recorded result: Japanese victory. Recorded strength: 33,600–40,000 against 30,000–41,400.

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Battle of Telissu map. «Военная энциклопедия И. Д. Сытина». (Санкт-Петербург; 1911)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought14 June 1904lasted 1 day
WhereLiaodong Peninsula, China39.767N, 122.033E
OutcomeJapanese victory
BelligerentsEmpire of JapanagainstRussian Empire
Casualties and losses217 killed; 946 woundedand2,000–5,000 killed and wounded; 665 missing
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 Te-li-Ssu, 1904
18 placed engagements of the Russo-Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date14 June 1904
to 15 June 1904
PlaceLiaodong Peninsula, China
39.767N, 122.033E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength33,600–40,00030,000–41,400
Casualties and losses217 killed; 946 wounded2,000–5,000 killed and wounded; 665 missing
Commanders
  • Georg von Stackelberg
  • Pavel Mishchenko
  • Aleksandr Gerngross
Battle of Te-li-SsuBattle of Te-li-SsuBattle of Motien PassBattle of NanshanBattle of YingkouBattle of TashihchiaoBattle of the Yalu RiverBattle of Motien PassBattle of NanshanBattle of YingkouBattle of TashihchiaoBattle of the Yalu RiverDalianJinxiWafangdian100 km39.767N, 122.033E
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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: JAP 2ND ARMYDefender: RUSS ARMY
Strength36,00038,000
Casualties1,200 (3.3%)3,800 (10.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1092
Outcomeattacker won
Duration1.7 days
Front width8 km6.5 km
Attacker advanced9.6 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 243), 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 Te-li-Ssu 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 Q2619692, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Te-li-Ssu, revision 1370590724, 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.