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By May, the Japanese had landed forces on the Liaodong Peninsula and in August began the siege of the naval station.

On 9 August, Admiral Wilgelm Vitgeft, commander of the 1st Pacific Squadron, was ordered to sortie his fleet to Vladivostok, link up with the Squadron stationed there, and then engage the IJN in decisive battle.

Both squadrons of the Russian Pacific Fleet would ultimately become dispersed during the battles of the Yellow Sea on 10 August and the Ulsan on 14 August 1904.

What remained of Russian naval power would eventually be sunk in Port Arthur.