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Battle of Mukden

Battle of Mukden was a battle fought on 6 February 1905 at Shenyang, in what is now People's Republic of China; it lasted 19 days. It was part of the Russo-Japanese War, which ran from 1904 to 1905. The recorded result: Japanese victory.

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Japanese postcard depicting the Battle of Mukden in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. Published 1905.10.15 by the Japanese Ministry of Communication.
Japanese postcard depicting the Battle of Mukden in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. Published 1905.10.15 by the Japanese Ministry of Communication.. MChew, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought6 February 1905lasted 19 days
WhereShenyang, People's Republic of China41.783N, 123.433E
OutcomeJapanese victory
BelligerentsEmpire of JapanagainstRussian Empire
Part ofRusso-Japanese War1904 to 1905

Where it sits in the Russo-Japanese War

Bombardment of Vladivostok, 1904Battle of Port Arthur, 1904Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 1904Battle of Yalu River, 1904Battle of Nanshan, 1904Battle of Te-li-Ssu, 1904Hitachi Maru Incident, 1904Battle of Motien Pass, 1904Battle of Tashihchiao, 1904Battle of Hsimucheng, 1904Siege of Port Arthur, 1904Battle of the Yellow Sea, 1904Battle off Ulsan, 1904Battle of Korsakov, 1904Battle of Liaoyang, 1904Battle of Shaho, 1904Raid on Yingkou, 1905Battle of Sandepu, 1905Battle of Mukden, 1905Battle of Tsushima, 1905Japanese invasion of Sakhalin, 190519041905Battle of Mukden, 1905
21 placed engagements of the Russo-Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date6 February 1905
to 25 February 1905
PlaceShenyang, People's Republic of China
41.783N, 123.433E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
StrengthTotal: 250,000; 199,254 infantry; 7,353 cavalry; 992 guns; 254 machine gunsTotal: 292,000; 275,666 infantry; 16,382 cavalry; 1,219 guns; 56 machine guns
Casualties and lossesTotal: 70,029; 16,553 killed; 53,476 woundedTotal: 89,423; 8,705 killed; 51,388 wounded; 29,330 missing in action, of which 20,000–25,000 were captured
Commanders
  • Aleksey Kuropatkin
  • Nikolai Linevich
  • Alexander Kaulbars
  • Alexander Alexandrovich von Bilderling
Battle of MukdenBattle of MukdenBattle of SandepuBattle of ShahoBattle of HsimuchengBattle of LiaoyangSiege of AnsiBattle of ShahoBattle of HsimuchengBattle of LiaoyangSiege of AnsiAnshanYingkowFuxinLiaoyuanTielingHuanrenTaedong100 km41.783N, 123.433E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Mukden
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Mukden today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-06-08. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 47 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 22 to 92 m, 70 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 87% built-up, 12% tree cover.

built-up: 87%tree cover: 12%built-up 87%tree cover 12%
west to east, 10.0 km38 to 55 mnorth to south, 10.0 km33 to 60 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: JAP ARMY GROUPDefender: RUSS ARMY GROUP
Strength314,000310,000
Casualties41,000 (13.1%)96,500 (31.1%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1074
Outcomeattacker won
Duration2 days
Front width64 km75 km
Attacker advanced48.6 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 247), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Mukden is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 448 in present-day China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q384091, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mukden, revision 1380916190, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.