List of Battles
Key:
| Japanese victory |
| Indecisive |
| Battle | Location | Date | Notes |
| Battle of Port Arthur | Port Arthur, Manchuria (modern Lüshunkou) | February 8–9, 1904 | The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the Russian Pacific Fleet at Port Arthur. |
| Battle of Chemulpo Bay | Chemulpo Bay, Korea (modern Incheon) | February 9, 1904 | The Imperial Japanese Navy completes its attack of the Russian Pacific Fleet at Chemulpo Bay. |
| Battle of Yalu River | Wiju, Korea (modern Uiju) | April 30–May 1, 1904 | Russian forces fail to hold a line at the Yalu River in the face of a Japanese attack. |
| Battle of Nanshan | Liaotung peninsula, Manchuria (modern Liaodong peninsula) | May 25–26, 1904 | Japanese troops take Chinchou and Dalny. |
| Battle of Te-li-Ssu | Outside Wafangdian, Manchuria | June 14–15, 1904 | Japanese and Russian forces skirmish near Wafangdian. |
| Battle of Motien Pass | Liaotung peninsula, Manchuria (modern Liaodong peninsula) | June 27, 1904 | Russian troops abandon the critical Motien Pass. |
| Battle of Tashihchiao | Tashihchiao, Manchuria (modern Dashiqiao) | July 24–25, 1904 | Japanese forces take the village of Tashihchiao. |
| Siege of Port Arthur | Port Arthur, Manchuria (modern Lüshunkou) | July 30, 1904–January 2, 1905 | Japanese forces successfully lay siege to Port Arthur. |
| Battle of Hsimucheng | Hsimucheng, Manchuria | July 31, 1904 | Russian forces are forced to abandon the village of Hsimucheng. |
| Battle of the Yellow Sea | Off Shantung, Manchuria (modern Shandong) | August 10, 1904 | The Japanese and Russian navies fight to a stalemate. |
| Battle off Ulsan | Off Ulsan, Korea | August 14 | Russian naval units are forced to cease their interference with Japanese shipping. |
| Battle of Liaoyang | Liaoyang, Manchuria | August 24–September 4, 1904 | Japanese troops occupy Liaoyang |
| Battle of Shaho | Sha River, Manchuria | October 5–17, 1904 | Both sides sustain heavy casualties in a Russian attack. |
| Battle of Sandepu | South of Mukden, Manchuria (modern Shenyang) | January 25–29, 1905 | A Russian attack commences in freezing cold, causing both sides to sustain heavy casualties. |
| Battle of Mukden | Mukden, Manchuria (modern Shenyang) | February 20–March 10, 1905 | Russian forces are encircled by Japanese and forced to abandon Mukden. |
| Battle of Tsushima | Straits of Tsushima | May 27–28, 1905 | The Japanese navy destroys the Russian fleet in the Straits of Tsushima. |
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