Conclusion
Russian casualties amounted to nearly 90,000. The Russians had also lost most of their combat supplies as well as most of their artillery and heavy machine guns. Fearing further Japanese advances, General Kuropatkin ordered that the town of Tieling be put to the torch, and marched his remaining men 10 days further north to a new defense line at Hspingkai (modern Siping, Jilin province, China), but with their forces largely contained in Manchuria and purportedly in danger of destruction by the Japanese forces was soon forced to march his forces out of the region. The Japanese forces suffered 75,000 casualties which included a higher percentage of killed and wounded over the Russians, but managed to capture 500 artillery pieces from the Russians.
No serious fighting on land occurred after this battle as both Russian and Japanese armies were exhausted from the conflict.
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