A map of the battle site around the Manchurian city of Liao Yang during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Liao Yang was a strategic city along the Port Arthur-Mukden spur of the China Far East Railway that tied to the Trans-Siberian Railway. The map shows the Russian entrenchments south of the city, and the Japanese advances between August 24 and September 4, 1904 to Liao Yang. Also shown is the Taitzu River, the strategic Manjuyama Hill, the railroad spur to the Yentai coal mines, and the neighboring towns of Hsiapu and Auping.