Word: pechili
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Japan control of Corea. It will undoubtedly be reckoned among the decisive battles of the world. The next day the Japanese were victorious in the great naval battle at the mouth of the Yalu. This gave them control of the sea and opened the way to the Gulf of Pechili, as the battle at Ping Yan had cleared the approaches to Manchuria. These two battles practically decided the war. The Chinese were left with practically no navy at all. Without one they could offer little resistance...
...campaign from this on develops itself into an attack upon the stronghold of China in two lines - one through Manchuria to Monkden, and the other from some point on the Gulf of Pechili. Field Marshall Yamagala crossed the Yalu and defeated the Chinese at Kin Lieu Ching. His army then advanced a short distance into Manchuria, where the winter stopped their approach to Monkden...
...ready when the time comes to fight. The Japanese were too feebly opposed to tell anything about the relative merits of different classes of ships. The effect of this battle, like that at Ping Yan, was very decisive, opening the way to an advance upon the Gulf of Pechili, as that at Ping Yan had cleared the approaches to Manchuria...
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