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1904 Battle of Liaoyang... Japanese...
1904 Battle of Liaoyang... Japanese...
Item # 716988
September 01, 1904
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 1, 1904
* Battle of Liaoyang, China
* Russo-Japanese War
* First major land battle
The front page has a nice headline: "RUSSIANS ARE RETREATING WITH JAPANESE IN PURSUIT" with subheads. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete with 6 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, a little irregular along the spine, generally nice.
background: The Battle of Liaoyang, fought in 1904, was a major engagement of the Russo-Japanese War and marked the first large-scale battle involving entrenched positions across a broad front. Japanese forces under Generals Kuroki Tamemoto and Oku Yasukata launched a coordinated assault on Russian positions commanded by General Alexei Kuropatkin near the strategic rail hub of Liaoyang in Manchuria. Despite having superior numbers, the Russians were outmaneuvered and eventually retreated to Mukden, fearing encirclement. The Japanese victory, though costly, was a significant strategic and psychological blow to the Russians and demonstrated Japan’s growing military strength.
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