Qualla: Battle of Yingkou https://qualla.com/battle-of-yingkou en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:39 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/x/n/z/battle-of-yingkou-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Yingkou https://qualla.com/battle-of-yingkou Battle of Yingkou: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-yingkou/ Photo credit Japan :s.n.,1895, Scanned by Pritzker Military Library, Public domain. By the winter of 1895, the Qing Empire was running out of armies. General Song Qing's force in Manchuria -- the last organized Chinese army in the theater -- had been battered by months of fighting around Haicheng and Kaiping, launching counteroffensive after counteroffensive against entrenched Japanese positions, each one repulsed with mounting casualties. When the Japanese finally turned from defense to attack and marched on the treaty port of Yingkou, the battle that followed effectively ended the First Sino-Japanese War on the Asian mainland. The army of Song Qing ceased to exist as a fighting force, and the road to the Treaty of Shimonoseki was opened.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/x/n/z/battle-of-yingkou-wp/wxnz-battle-of-yingkou-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Yingkou: A Cascade of Defeats https://qualla.com/battle-of-yingkou/ Photo credit Japan :s.n.,1895, Scanned by Pritzker Military Library, Public domain. The Japanese entry into Manchuria began after victories at Pyongyang and Jiuliancheng in the autumn of 1894. Marshal Yamagata Aritomo pursued the retreating Qing forces aggressively, and General Katsura Taro's 5th Brigade captured Haicheng on December 13, unraveling General Song ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/x/n/z/battle-of-yingkou-wp/wxnz-battle-of-yingkou-a-cascade-of-defeats.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Yingkou: Offensives That Broke the Army https://qualla.com/battle-of-yingkou/ Photo credit Toshihide Migita, Public domain. Song Qing was nothing if not tenacious. Between January 17 and February 21, 1895, he launched three separate offensives to retake Haicheng and Kaiping, attacking with up to 20,000 men at a time. Each assault was repulsed. In one engagement, 20,000 Chinese troops suffered 300 casu...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/x/n/z/battle-of-yingkou-wp/wxnz-battle-of-yingkou-offensives-that-broke-the-army.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Yingkou: The Fall of Yingkou and Niuzhuang https://qualla.com/battle-of-yingkou/ Photo credit Japan :s.n.,1895, Scanned by Pritzker Military Library, Public domain. The fighting at Niuzhuang was fierce. When conventional attacks yielded little, the Japanese methodically destroyed houses in the town, bringing their guns to bear directly on Chinese positions. The bombardment continued until 11 PM, when the surviving defenders surrendered. Casu...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/x/n/z/battle-of-yingkou-wp/wxnz-battle-of-yingkou-the-fall-of-yingkou-and-niuzhuang.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Yingkou: The Road to Shimonoseki https://qualla.com/battle-of-yingkou/ Photo credit Japan :s.n.,1895, Scanned by Pritzker Military Library, Public domain. The capture of Yingkou marked the effective end of major land combat in the First Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese army continued to push for permission to advance on Beijing or Mukden, and in late March landed marines near the Grand Canal, placing them within 50 miles of the stra...

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