Their subordinates and relatives suffered similar fates. However, both men remained in their posts, and would oversee the final destruction of the Beiyang Fleet at Weihaiwei. However, this attempt to save face were insufficient, as the foreign press would come to find that many of China's claims were false, discrediting them in the eyes of the international community. The Battle of the Yalu and the naval defeats of 1894-1895 in general have been the topic of extensive discussion among Chinese historians and naval officers since events held to mark the 120th anniversary in 2014. While it was not the first battle involving pre-dreadnought technology on a wide scale (the Battle of Foochow in the 1884 Sino-French War predated it), there were significant lessons for naval observers to consider. Order of battle Order of battle party sourced from JC Perry's The Battle off the Tayang (1964). See also Henry Walton Grinnell Naval history of Japan Naval history of China Notes References Further reading The Battle of the Yalu, Personal Recollections by the Commander of the Chinese Ironclad Chen Yuen - Philo N. McGiffin, Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, May–October 1895 The Imperial Japanese Navy (1904) – Fred T. Jane External links The Battle of the Yalu River by Philo Norton McGiffin External site Battle of the Yalu: All-Steel Warship – Dr. Terry Beckenbaugh, YouTube video of a lecture at the Dole Institute of Politics. 1894 in China 1895 in Japan Yellow Sea Yalu River 1894 Yalu River Yalu River 1894 September 1894 events Yalu River Yalu River