Battle of Hsimucheng
Russian troops in a trench
| date | July 31, 1904 |
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| place | present-day Ximu Township in Haicheng City in Liaoning Province |
| output | Japanese victory |
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33,000 men in total
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34,000 men in total
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1,217 total losses |
836 total losses |
Port Arthur (Sea Battle) - Chemulpo - Yalu - Nanshan - Te-li-ssu - Hitachi-Maru Incident - Motien Pass - Tashihchiao - Hsimucheng - Port Arthur (Siege) - Yellow Sea - Ulsan - Korsakov - Liaoyang - Shaho - Sandepu - Mukden - Tsushima - Sakhalin
The Battle of Hsimucheng ( Chinese 析木 城 , Pinyin Xīmùchéng ; also called Battle of Hse-mu-cheng ) was held on July 18 . / July 31, 1904 greg. between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Russian Army near the Manchurian village of Ximucheng. The former village is now the community of residents Ximu (析木 社区), seat of government of the large community Ximu (析木 镇) in the independent city of Haicheng , which is part of the administrative area of the independent city of Anshan in the Chinese province of Liaoning . It was a minor land battle that took place in the Russo-Japanese War .
Setup and preparation
From the Japanese side, the 5th and 10th Divisions of the Japanese 4th Army under Lieutenant General Nozu Michitsura and some units of the 2nd Army were involved. On the Russian side, the Russian 2nd Siberian Army Corps was involved under the command of Lieutenant General Mikhail Sassulitsch , which also included some cavalry units under the command of General Pavel Mishchenko .
After the defeat at the Battle of Tashihchiao , the 2nd Siberian Army Corps withdrew to the village of Ximucheng. General Sassulitsch had taken up position there with his 36 battalions and 86 guns, but was in an exposed position due to the mountainous terrain.
battle
On July 31, 1904 at 2 a.m. the Japanese 10th Division and a reserve brigade attacked the Russian positions in a frontal attack. Meanwhile, the Japanese 5th Division advanced on the left wing to cut off the Russians' retreat. The Russian soldiers stubbornly resisted the Japanese attacks all day, but the Russian right wing threatened to be embraced by the Japanese 5th Division, which had since been reinforced with units of the 3rd Division of the 2nd Army. At 11 p.m. General Sassulitsch received an order from his Commander-in-Chief General Kuropatkin to retreat to Haicheng.
Losses and consequences
The Russians lost 1,217 men, while the Japanese lost 836 men.
The Japanese pursued the Russians, so a few weeks later the battle of Liaoyang took place.
literature
- Kowner, Rotem (2006). Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War. Scarecrow, ISBN 0-8108-4927-5 .
- Connaughton, Richard: Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear. Cassell, 2003, ISBN 0-304-36657-9
Web links
- Japan, the rise of a modern power (English)