Battle of Pungdo
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<entity_1> or Feng-tao (Japanese: Hoto-oki kaisen (豊島沖海戦)) was the first naval <entity_3> of the <entity_0>. It took place on <entity_2> off <entity_6>, Chungcheongnam-do, <entity_4>, between cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy and components of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet. Both <entity_5> and Japan had been intervening in <entity_4> against the Donghak Peasant Revolution. While <entity_5> tried to maintain her suzerain relationship with <entity_4>, Japan wanted to increase her sphere of influence. The troops destined for <entity_4> sailed on board three steamers chartered by the Chinese government, and arrived in <entity_6> on June 9. Planning to strengthen their forces in <entity_4>, the Imperial Japanese Navy redeployed the main component of the Combined Fleet to Korean waters, since the ships stationed there at the time, Yaeyama, Musashi and Ōshima, were considered insufficient to prevent Chinese reinforcements from landing at <entity_6>, and, in the event of hostilities breaking out, would not be able to provide support to Japanese troops on the Korean peninsula. Captain Fang Boqian received word of the Japanese actions in Seoul and Chempulo from the commander of Weiyuan, and on <entity_2> immediately sent Irene and Fei Ching back to Dagu, while Weiyuan was ordered back to Weihaiwei to inform Admiral Ding Ruchang of the situation unfolding in <entity_4>. The Chinese cruiser Jiyuan and torpedo gunboat Kwang-yi, in port in <entity_6> since 23 July, left on the morning of <entity_2> to rendezvous with the troopship Kowshing and gunboat Tsao-kiang, which were en route from Tianjin.
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