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Battle of the Yalu River

Battle of the Yalu River was a naval engagement fought on 17 September 1894 at Korea Bay, in what is now China. 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 the Yalu River
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Fought17 September 1894
WhereKorea Bay, China39.214N, 123.126E
OutcomeJapanese victory
BelligerentsJapanagainstQing Dynasty
Part ofFirst Sino-Japanese War1894 to 1895

Where it sits in First Sino-Japanese War

Battle of Pungdo, 1894Battle of Seonghwan, 1894Battle of Pyongyang, 1894Battle of the Yalu River, 1894Battle of Jiuliancheng, 1894Battle of Lushunkou, 1894Battle of Weihaiwei, 1895Battle of Yingkou, 189518941895Battle of the Yalu River, 1894
8 placed engagements of First Sino-Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date17 September 1894
PlaceKorea Bay, China
39.214N, 123.126E
KindNaval engagement, nineteenth century
Strength7 protected cruisers; 1 belted cruiser; 2 ironclads; 1 gunboat; 1 transport ship2 ironclad battleships; 1 coastal battleship; 2 armoured cruisers; 3 protected cruisers; 1 composite cruiser; 2 light cruisers; 1 gunboat; 2 torpedo boats
Casualties and losses380 killed and wounded 5 protected cruisers damaged; 1 ironclad damaged1,350 killed and wounded; 1 protected cruiser sunk; 1 armoured cruiser sunk; 2 light cruisers sunk; 1 composite cruiser scuttled
Commanders
  • Itō Sukeyuki
  • Tsuboi Kōzō
  • Ding Ruchang
  • Liu Buchan
  • Deng Shichang
Battle of the Yalu RiverBattle of the Yalu RiverBattle of Motien PassBattle of Te-li-SsuBattle of NanshanBattle of the Yellow SeaBattle of JiulianchengBattle of Motien PassBattle of Te-li-SsuBattle of NanshanBattle of the Yellow SeaBattle of JiulianchengDalianChongjuWafangdianChangyon100 km39.214N, 123.126E
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Battle of the Yalu River is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th 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 Q385180, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Yalu River (1894), revision 1372980607, 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.