Battle of Seonghwan

Battle of Seonghwan
	Part of the First Sino-Japanese War
	; Long live the Great Japanese Empire! Our army's victorious attack on Seonghwan, Mizuno Toshikata
Date	28–29 July 1894
Location	Cheonan, Korea36°54′37″N 127°07′15″E
Result	Japanese victory
Belligerents
Empire of Japan	Qing China
Commanders and leaders
Ōshima Yoshimasa	Ye Zhichao
Strength
4,000; 4 guns	3,880
Casualties and losses
88 killed & wounded	500 killed & wounded
	Battle of Seonghwan within Korea

The Battle of Seonghwan (成歓の戦い) was the first major land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War. It took place on 29 July 1894 at the hamlet of Seonghwan, outside of Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do Korea between the forces of Meiji Japan and Qing China. It is also referred to as the Battle of Asan (Japanese: 牙山作戦 ).

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