Siege of Namwon

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Siege of Namwon
Part of Imjin War
Date23 - 26 September 1597
Location
Namwon, North Jeolla
35°24′36.00″N127°23′8.99″E / 35.4100000°N 127.3858306°E / 35.4100000; 127.3858306
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Japanese Left Army Korean Garrison
Ming army
Commanders and leaders
Ukita Hideie
Konishi Yukinaga
Shimazu Yoshihiro
So Yoshitoshi 		Korea:
Yi Bok-nam   †
Ming:
Yang Yuan
Strength
50,000–68,000 [1] [2] Korea:
700–1,000 [3] [2]
Ming:
3,000 men [4]
Casualties and losses
? 3,726 [5]
  1. ↑ Hawley 2005, p. 468.
  2. 1 2 "A critique of Samuel Hawley's the Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China — Part 2: The second invasion | Great Ming Military". 16 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Hawley 2005, p. 455.
  4. ↑ Hawley 2005, p. 452.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Hawley 2005, p. 458.
  6. 1 2 Hawley 2005, p. 457.

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