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Battle of Seonghwan
| Battle of Seonghwan | |||||||
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| Part of the First Sino-Japanese War | |||||||
-Long_live_the_Great_Japanese_Empire!_Our_army%27s_victorious_attack_on_Seonghwan.jpg) Long live the Great Japanese Empire! Our army's victorious attack on Seonghwan, Mizuno Toshikata | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Empire of Japan |
 Qing China | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Ōshima Yoshimasa |
Ye Zhichao | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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4,000 4 guns | 3,880 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 88 killed & wounded[1] | 500 killed & wounded[1] | ||||||
  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 ).
- ^ a b Jowett 2013, p. 30.
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