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rdfs:label
  • Battle of Yamen
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prov:wasDerivedFrom
skos:prefLabel
  • Battle of Yamen
skos:altLabel
  • collapse
  • Yamen
  • last stand
  • Yuan marines crushed the last of the Song loyalists
  • 1279 invasion of Southern China
  • battle of Yamen
clgo:causalties
  • At least 100,000 died either from fighting or drowning; the rest fled
clgo:combatant
  • China
  • Mongol Empire
  • Song dynasty
  • Yuan dynasty
clgo:commander
clgo:date
  • 1279-03-19
clgo:isPartOfMilitaryConflict
clgo:place
clgo:result
  • *Death ofEmperor Bing
  • *Fall of the Song dynasty
  • DecisiveYuan victory
clgo:strength
  • 20,000 Chinese soldiers
  • 50+ warships
  • True fighting capacity likely in the 10,000s of soldiers
  • 1,000+ ships (mostly transport ships with warship escorts)
  • 200,000 people (mostly non-combatant court officials and servants)
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