Battle of the Yalu River

When

17 Sep 1894

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.21° N, 123.13° E

Description

battle in 1894

Naval

yes

Naval battle of the First Sino-Japanese War

The Battle of the Yalu River was the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War, and took place on 17 September 1894, the day after the Japanese victory at the land Battle of Pyongyang. The Imperial Japanese Navy defeated the Chinese Beiyang Fleet.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of the Yalu River (1894)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Seeschlacht am Yalu besiegt Japan China neuerlich”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire navale japonaise décisive sur le fleuve Yalou”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el marco de la primera guerra sino-japonesa, una flota japonesa derrota a una flota china en la batalla del río Yalu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “黄海海战爆发，北洋舰队与日本联合舰队在鸭绿江口的大东沟海面交战近五个小时，最终，日本海军夺取了黄海与渤海的制海权。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “日清戦争: 黄海海戦”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• First Sino-Japanese25 Jul 1894 · Interstate war · Deaths 15,000