Battle of Motien Pass
The Battle of Motien Pass was a minor land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, fought between the Imperial Japanese Army under General Kuroki Tamemoto and the Imperial Russian Army under General Count Fedor Keller over control of a strategic mountain pass on the main road between the coast and Liaoyang in Qing China on 10 July 1904.
| Battle of Motien Pass | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Japanese War | |||||||
General Kuroki, Japanese commander at Battle of Motien Pass | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Empire of Japan | Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| General Kuroki Tamemoto | General Count Fyodor Keller † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 11,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 355 | 1,213 | ||||||
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