Battle of the Yalu River

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battle of the First Sino-Japanese War naval battle

The Battle of the Yalu River was a major 1894 naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War in which Japan’s modernized fleet decisively defeated China’s Beiyang Fleet, marking a turning point in East Asian power dynamics.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Yalu River canonical	7
Battle of the Yalu River (1894)	7
Battle in the First Sino-Japanese War	1
Battle of the Yalu River (1904)	1
Naval Battle of the Yalu River	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ surface form: Naval Battle of the Yalu River
belligerent	Beiyang Fleet ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
casualties	heavy Chinese casualties ⓘ lighter Japanese casualties ⓘ
commander	Ding Ruchang ⓘ Itō Sukeyuki ⓘ Liu Buchan ⓘ
conflict	First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
countryInvolved	Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Qing dynasty ⓘ
date	1894-09-17 ⓘ
fleet	Beiyang Fleet ⓘ surface form: Chinese Beiyang Fleet Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ surface form: Imperial Japanese Combined Fleet
followedBy	Japanese advances toward the Liaodong Peninsula ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
impact	encouraged further Japanese expansionism ⓘ enhanced Japan’s international prestige ⓘ undermined Chinese influence in Korea ⓘ
location	Yellow Sea ⓘ off the mouth of the Yalu River ⓘ
notableShip	Dingyuan ⓘ Hashidate ⓘ Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ surface form: Itsukushima Matsushima ⓘ Zhenyuan ⓘ
outcome	decisive Japanese naval victory ⓘ
partOf	First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
precededBy	early war Japanese victories in Korea ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ
relatedEvent	Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ
result	Japanese victory ⓘ
shipLosses	multiple Chinese warships sunk or disabled ⓘ no major Japanese capital ship lost ⓘ
significance	demonstrated effectiveness of Japan’s modernized navy ⓘ marked the decline of Qing naval power ⓘ shifted regional balance of power in East Asia toward Japan ⓘ turning point in the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
tacticUsed	Chinese reliance on armored battleships in line-ahead formation ⓘ Japanese use of superior gunnery and maneuver ⓘ
technologyAspect	use of modern steel warships ⓘ use of quick-firing naval guns ⓘ
theater	naval theater of the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
year	1894 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Weihaiwei → precededBy → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

Battle of Pyongyang → followedBy → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Yalu River (1894)

Itō Sukeyuki → notableBattle → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Yalu River (1894)

Yalu River → notableBattle → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Yalu River (1894)

Yalu River → notableBattle → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Yalu River (1904)

Dingyuan → notableEngagement → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

Jiyuan → navalBattle → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

Zhiyuan → associatedEvent → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle in the First Sino-Japanese War

Zhenyuan → battle → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

Japanese cruiser Yoshino → battle → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

Chinese cruiser Jiyuan → participatedIn → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

Battle off Pungdo → relatedTo → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Yalu River (1894)

Lüshunkou → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Yalu River (1894)

Japanese cruiser Naniwa → notableEngagement → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

Battle of the Yalu River → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naval Battle of the Yalu River

Nozu Michitsura → notableBattle → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Yalu River (1894)

Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō → notableBattle → Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ

subject surface form: Tōgō Heihachirō

this entity surface form: Battle of the Yalu River (1894)