Admiral Ding Ruchang, courtesy name Yuting, art name Cizhang, was a Chinese admiral of the Qing dynasty.
Admiral Ding Ruchang
The suicide of Admiral Ding Ruchang (print by Mizuno Toshikata)
The Battle of the Yalu River was the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War, and took place on 17 September 1894, the day after the Japanese victory at the land Battle of Pyongyang. T
Ding Ruchang
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Japanese troops firing at Qing ships at the Battle of the Yellow Sea, Kobayashi Kiyochika
Illustration from the French newspaper Le Petit Journal, showing survivors from Kowshing being rescued by sailors from the French ship Le Lion
Japanese print depicting Matsushima (left) attacking Chinese warships, Shunsai Toshimasa [ja], 1894
The Japanese warship Saikyōmaru at the Battle of the Yalu River, Hasegawa Chikuyō, 1894