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The siege of Port Arthur (Japanese: 旅順攻囲戦, Ryojun Kōisen; Russian: Оборона Порт-Артура, Oborona Port-Artura, August 1, 1904 – January 2, 1905) was the longest and most violent land battle of the Russo-Japanese War.
Obrona Port Artur – jedna z kluczowych bitew w trakcie wojny rosyjsko-japońskiej (1904–1905). Od 1898 do 1904 roku Port Artur (Port Arthur, obecnie Lüshun) w Chinach był główną, ufortyfikowaną bazą morską rosyjskiej floty wojennej Oceanu Spokojnego.
At circa 00:28 on 9 February, the first four Japanese destroyers approached the port of Port Arthur without being observed, and launched a torpedo attack against the Pallada (which was hit amidship, caught fire, and sank in shallow water) and the Retvizan (which was holed in her bow).
Battle of Port Arthur, conflict on February 8–9, 1904, marking the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05). Rival ambitions in Korea and China led to war between Russia and Japan in 1904.
By Eric Niderost. On the chilly night of February 8, 1904, the Imperial Russian Navy’s Pacific Squadron lay peacefully at anchor just outside Port Arthur’s main harbor. Part fortress, part naval base, Port Arthur was located at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in southern China.
Originally constructed by the Chinese as a fortress in 1892, Port Arthur (modern Lushun) protected an important naval base and roadstead at the foot of the Liaotung Peninsula.
2 lut 2004 · With the Russian fleet bottled up in Port Arthur and Japan in command of the China Sea, the Japanese overran Korea and invaded Manchuria in force. The Japanese Third Army under Nogi Maresuke, a general steeped in samurai traditions, laid siege to Port Arthur itself.
