Battle of Motien Pass

Battle of Motien Pass
Part of the Russo-Japanese War

General Kuroki, Japanese commander at Battle of Motien Pass
Date10 July 1904
Location
Liaodong, Manchuria, Qing China (present-day Lianshanguan, Benxi Manchu Autonomous County, China)
40°00′N 122°30′E / 40.000°N 122.500°E / 40.000; 122.500
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
 Empire of Japan  Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Kuroki Tamemoto Fyodor Keller †
Strength
11,000 25,000
Casualties and losses
355 1,213

The Battle of Motien Pass was a minor land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, fought between the Imperial Japanese Army under General Kuroki Tamemoto and the Imperial Russian Army under General Count Fedor Keller over control of a strategic mountain pass on the main road between the coast and Liaoyang in Qing China on 10 July 1904.

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