<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-January 27, 1904, kwaqala iMpi YaseRussia NeJapane. Ibutho laseJapane laqala ukulwa  <response>: eSakhalin ngokunqamula okuwukuphela kwendlela exhumanisa lesi siqhingi nezwekazi, ngaleyo ndlela amabutho aseJapane akwazi ukunqamula futhi azungeze amabutho aseRussia. NgoJulayi 17, 1905, umbusi wezempi kanye nomphathi wamabutho esiQhingini saseSakhalin, uLieutenant General Lyapunov, ngommeleli, wathumela umyalezo kumlawuli wamabutho okuhambela amaJapane, uLieutenant General Haraguchi Kensai: Mhlonishwa! Ukuntuleka kwemithi namabhandeshi, futhi ngenxa yalokho, nokuntuleka kwamathuba okunikeza usizo kwabalimele, kwangiphoqa ukuba ngiphakamise eNkosini yakho ukuba iyeke ukulwa ngenxa yezizathu zobuntu kuphela. Ephendula, uGeneral Haraguchi wafuna ukuthi uGeneral Lyapunov anikele zonke izikhali kanye nayo yonke impahla yezwe ephathekayo nengaphatheki eyayingagugi, kanye nokunikezwa kwawo wonke amamephu, imibhalo, amaphepha ahlobene nomnyango wezempi nokuphatha. 