Port Arthur China History

Port arthur tasmania the site of a historic convict settlement.

Port arthur china history. Battle of port arthur a chromolithograph print by kasai torajiro 1904 of the battle of port arthur 8 9 february 1904 marking the beginning of the russo japanese war 1904 05. Port arthur surrendered in january 1905 setting off an explosion of protest in russia against the whole tsarist system. The port arthur massacre took place during the first sino japanese war from 21 november 1894 for two or three days when advance elements of the first division of the japanese second army under the command of general yamaji motoharu 1841 1897 killed somewhere between 1 000 and 20 000 chinese servicemen and civilians in the chinese coastal city of port arthur now lüshunkou. In this advantaged geographical position it is a beautiful tourist city zone with a long history.

During the russo japanese war port arthur the russian naval base in china falls to japanese naval forces under admiral heihachiro togo. Siege of port arthur a land battle in 1904. Lushun port arthur also known as port arthur lushun occupies the west end of dalian city and the south edge of the liaodong peninsula surrounded by sea on three sides. Port arthur china now called lüshunkou district in the city of dalian.

It was used as a staging post in the 2nd century bce by chinese colonists of the han dynasty 206 bce 220 ce in northern korea and by the tang dynasty 618 907 in campaigns in the 7th century. The british denied passage through the suez canal and when the russian baltic fleet struggled round the cape of good hope to reach the china sea at last in may it ran into admiral togo who was waiting for it in the tsushima. Japanese prints and drawings library of congress washington d c. Lüshun historically known in the west as port arthur long was an important port of entry for southern manchuria northeast china.

Ten years later port arthur again played a central role in war in china. Port arthur historic site is a special place of vivid history cultural heritage and stories so compelling you ll want to hear them again and again. After the boxer rebellion 1900 01 had been extinguished by an international coalition of troops russia refused to withdraw its reinforcements from manchuria and instead began to fortify and garrison the entire route along the southern manchurian railway. It was the first in a series of defeats that by june.

Port arthur revisited richard connaughton published in history today volume 52 issue 1 january 2002 there are few wars so thoroughly documented but about which so little is known as the 1904 05 russo japanese war.