Port Arthur - Lushunkou - China
A panoramic view of Lushunkou (a district in the municipality of Dalian, Liaoning province, also called Lushun City or Lushun Port, formerly known as both Port Arthur and Ryojun). During the Russo-Japanese war, the Russians surrendered Port Arthur to the Japanese after nearly a year's siege: the Japanese expended 58, 000 killed or wounded to obtain the town. As can be seen here, Lushunkou boasts an excellent natural harbour, the possession and control of which became a casus belli (justification for the act of war) during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
Picture No
10291221
Media ID
46554856
Size
8703px x 2789px
(2.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed fold-out postcard
Date
circa 1909
