war, 18 engagements

Battles of the Russo-Japanese War

The atlas places 18 engagements of the Russo-Japanese War (1904 to 1905): 14 battles, 1 siege and 3 naval actions across 5 present-day countries, most in People's Republic of China (11), Russia (2), South Korea (2). The most widely documented: Battle of Mukden, Battle of Port Arthur, Battle of the Yellow Sea, Siege of Port Arthur, Battle of Liaoyang.

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18 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

18 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

The war in time order

One tick per dated engagement; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Commanders 6 with pages

Oku Yasukata 7 engagements
Kuroki Tamemoto 5 engagements
Nozu Michitsura 4 engagements
Ōyama Iwao 4 engagements
Alexei Kuropatkin 4 engagements
Nogi Maresuke 3 engagements

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	Result
1904	Bombardment of Vladivostok	Vladivostok, Russia
8 February 1904	Battle of Port Arthur	Lüshunkou District, China	Inconclusive; see Outcome section
9 February 1904	Battle of Chemulpo Bay	Jemulpo, South Korea	Japanese victory
30 April 1904	Battle of Yalu River	Yalu River, North Korea	Japanese victory
24 May 1904	Battle of Nanshan	Kwantung Peninsula, China	Japanese victory
14 June 1904	Battle of Te-li-Ssu	Liaodong Peninsula, China	Japanese victory
1904	Hitachi Maru Incident	Tsushima Strait, Japan	Russian victory
17 July 1904	Battle of Motien Pass	Liaodong Peninsula, China	Japanese victory
24 July 1904	Battle of Tashihchiao	China	Japanese victory
31 July 1904	Battle of Hsimucheng	China	Japanese victory
1 August 1904	Siege of Port Arthur	Liaodong Peninsula, People's Republic of China	Japanese victory
10 August 1904	Battle of the Yellow Sea	Yellow Sea	Result section
14 August 1904	Battle off Ulsan	Ulsan, South Korea	Japanese victory
20 August 1904	Battle of Korsakov	Korsakov, Russia	Japanese victory
25 August 1904	Battle of Liaoyang	Liaoyang, People's Republic of China	Japanese victory
5 October 1904	Battle of Shaho	China	See #Aftermath
25 January 1905	Battle of Sandepu	China	Inconclusive
6 February 1905	Battle of Mukden	Shenyang, People's Republic of China	Japanese victory

Engagements are the Wikidata records placed within the Russo-Japanese War (or a campaign of it) that carry coordinates; actions without coordinates are not shown.