Battle of Tashihchiao

Battle of Tashihchiao
Part of the Russo-Japanese War

Japanese Night Attack at Tashihchiao
Date24–25 July 1904
Location
Between Liaoyang and Port Arthur, Manchuria (Today, Dashiqiao)
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
 Empire of Japan  Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
General Oku Yasukata Lieutenant General Georg von Stackelberg
Lieutenant General Nikolai Zarubaev
Strength
64,000 60,000
Casualties and losses
1,000 (estimated) 1,000 (estimated)

The Battle of Tashihchiao (大石橋の戦い, Taisekihashi no Tatakai) was a land engagement fought on 24–25 July 1904, during the Imperial Japanese Army's advance toward Liaoyang in first stage of the Russo-Japanese War. Tashihchiao (pinyin: Dashiqiao) is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of the city of Haicheng, in present-day Liaoning Province, China. The town of Tashihchiao was of strategic importance in the Russo-Japanese War, as it was a railroad junction between the main line on the Russian South Manchurian Railway and a spur which led to the old treaty port of Yingkou (Newchwang). Control of both was essential for further advances by Japanese forces towards Liaoyang and Mukden.

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