The Battle of Nanshan was one of many vicious land battles of the Russo-Japanese War. It took place on May 25, 1904 across a two-mile wide defence line across the narrowest part of the Liaotung peninsula, covering the approaches to Port Arthur (now modern day Lu-shun), China. See also the town of Battle, East Sussex, England Generally, a battle is an instance of combat between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others. ... The Russo-Japanese War ( 1904- 1905) was a conflict that grew out of the rival imperialist ambitions of Imperial Russia and Japan in Manchuria and Korea. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Liaodong Peninsula (sim. ... Lüshunkou (Simplified Chinese: 旅顺口; Traditional Chinese: 旅順口; pinyin: ), or Lüshun Port, is a southernmost district of Dalian City of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Great Wall of China, stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the 3rd century BC to guard the north from raids by men on horses. ...

The Japanese intention was to break through this Russian defensive position and lay siege to Port Arthur to capture the port and disrupt the Russian naval presence in the Yellow Sea and the surrounding waters. General Alexei Kuropatkin, the overall commander of the Russian armies in Manchuria, had given orders to Major-General Baron Anatoli Stoessel commanding the Russian garrison at Port Arthur not to let the defences fall which would place the city and harbour itself under siege by the Japanese. Stoessel had sent about 3,000 men into the fortified positions in the defence line where they planned to hold out despite knowing they would be greatly outnumbered. The Yellow Sea (in North and South Korea, it is also called the West Sea (strangely not disputed like East Sea) is the northern part of the East China Sea, which in turn is a part of the Pacific Ocean. ... Alexei Nikolayevich Kuropatkin (1848-1921) was a Russian general. ... Approximate extent Northeast China (Simplified Chinese: 东北; Traditional Chinese: 東北; pinyin: Dōngběi; literally east-north), historically known as Manchuria, is the name of a region (ca. ...

Field Marshal Iwao Oyoma, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese armies in Manchuria, dispatched the 2nd Army, about 30,000 strong and commanded by General Yasukata Oju to capture the position.

By mid-morning the Japanese attack at commenced. Although inital assaults were beaten back with heavy losses, the attrition rate proved that the battle was never in doubt. Although the Russians were firmly entrenched, the speed of the Japanese attack placed them in a precarious position of being encircled. By mid-afternoon, the Russians were forced to break off the enagement to avoid being surrounded and fell back to the main defencive lines around Port Arthur.

The Russians lost about 1,400 men killed, wounded and captured during the battle. Although the Japanese did not win lightly, having lost at least 4,500 killed, wounded and missing, they could claim victory. The battle opened the way for the Japanese armies to besiege Port Arthur which would dog the Russian plans for the remainder of the year.