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Battle of Yingkou 1895

Battle of Yingkou
Image: Japan :s.n.,1895, Scanned by Pritzker Military Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.

Key facts

Date4 March 1895Wikidata
Year1895Wikidata P585 (point in time)
Era19th century (1800–1913)derived from year
LocationChinaNatural Earth (modern borders)
ContinentAsiaNatural Earth
War / conflictFirst Sino-Japanese WarWikidata P361
Coordinates40.6667, 122.2333Wikidata P625

About the battle

The Battle of Yingkou (Japanese: Gyūsō sakusen (牛莊作戦)) was a land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War between the forces of Meiji Japan and Qing China, fought outside the treaty port town of Yingkou, Manchuria. It is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Niuzhuang or Newchwang.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Yingkou (revision 1370595759), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.

Location

40.6667, 122.2333 · China

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