Battle of Port Arthur

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military engagement naval battle

The Battle of Port Arthur was the opening naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War, marked by a surprise Japanese attack on the Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur in 1904.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Port Arthur canonical	17
Battle of Port Arthur (1904)	2
Attack on Port Arthur	1
Battle of Lüshun	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military engagement ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ surface form: Attack on Port Arthur
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Russian Empire ⓘ
cause	rivalry over Manchuria and Korea ⓘ
commander	Starck, Oskar Viktorovich ⓘ Heihachiro Togo ⓘ surface form: Tōgō Heihachirō Yevgeni Alekseyev ⓘ
conflict	Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
conflictType	naval surprise attack ⓘ
countryAtTime	Qing dynasty ⓘ surface form: Qing Empire
damaged	Russian battleship Retvizan ⓘ Russian battleship Tsesarevich ⓘ Russian cruiser Pallada ⓘ
date	8 February 1904 ⓘ
endDate	9 February 1904 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Chemulpo Bay ⓘ Siege of Port Arthur ⓘ
historicalSignificance	contributed to decline of Russian naval power in Far East ⓘ demonstrated effectiveness of surprise naval attack ⓘ
involvedUnit	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ Russian Pacific Squadron ⓘ
location	Liaodong Peninsula ⓘ Lüshunkou District ⓘ Port Arthur ⓘ Yellow Sea ⓘ
notableFor	preemptive strike without formal declaration of war ⓘ surprise torpedo attack at night ⓘ
openingEngagementOf	Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
opponentFleetStatus	anchored in harbor ⓘ
partOf	Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
partOfCampaign	Japanese operations against Port Arthur ⓘ
port	Port Arthur ⓘ surface form: Port Arthur naval base
precededDeclarationOfWar	true ⓘ
predecessorEvent	Japanese decision for preemptive naval strike ⓘ
primaryObjective	cripple Russian Pacific Fleet at Port Arthur ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ
relatedConcept	laws of war ⓘ preemptive strike ⓘ
result	Japanese strategic advantage ⓘ Japanese tactical success ⓘ
theater	naval theater of the Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
timeOfInitialAttack	night of 8–9 February 1904 ⓘ
usedWeapon	naval artillery ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ
year	1904 ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Battle of Port Arthur
Description of subject: The Battle of Port Arthur was the opening naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War, marked by a surprise Japanese attack on the Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur in 1904.

Referenced by (21)

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

Russo-Japanese War → majorBattle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Battle of the Yellow Sea → precededBy → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Battle of Port Arthur → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Port Arthur

Siege of Port Arthur → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Lüshun

Imperial Russian Navy → notableBattle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Russian Pacific Squadron → notableEngagement → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Russian battleship Retvizan → participatedIn → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Russian battleship Tsesarevich → battle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Japanese battleship Mikasa → notableBattle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Lüshunkou → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Port Arthur (1904)

Port Arthur → sceneOf → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Port Arthur → dateOfEvent → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Port Arthur (1904)

Japanese Second Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Retvizan → participatedInBattle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Retvizan → damagedIn → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Russian battleship Pobeda → battle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Russian battleship Pobeda → damagedIn → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Russian battleship Poltava → battle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Russian battleship Sevastopol → battle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Russian cruiser Novik → participatedIn → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ

Russian cruiser Bayan → engagement → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ