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698:Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War
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736:Categories
671:References
485:forced to
476:August 20
453:August 14
312:Wafangdian
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253:Yalu River
71:Yellow Sea
572:Manchuria
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468:Korsakov
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154:Notes
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