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Definition of Tsushima

1. Noun. A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905); the Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet in the Korean Strait.

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Literary usage of Tsushima

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"It contained no warm-water port, and the idea was conceived that the Japanese island of tsushima, lying in the Corean channel, would serve as a convenient ..."

2. The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era: As Illustrated in the by Alexander Michie (1900)
"THE DIPLOMATIC BODY—tsushima. Four Western Powers represented in Tokio—Russia only in Hakodate by consul—And naval officers—Cordial Anglo-French ..."

3. Mahan on Naval Warfare: Selections from the Writing of Rear Admiral Alfred T by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1918)
"... 1904; reached Madagascar January 1, 1905, the day of the surrender of Port Arthur; and entered the Korea or tsushima Straits on the morning of May 26. ..."

4. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan: Including the Whole Empire from Yezo to by Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason, John Murray (Firm) (1901)
"tsushima has an area of 262 sq. miles, and is equidistant from the ... tsushima is mentioned in the Kojiki as one of the Eight Great Islands of Japan, ..."

5. Behind the Veil at the Russian Court by Catherine Radziwill (1914)
"CHAPTER X MUKDEN AND tsushima I WILL not speak of the opening episodes of the war, nor of the early battles which ..."

6. Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping by Herbert B. Mason (1908)
"Captured by the Japanese from the Russians at the battle of tsushima, May 27-29, 1905. ... Sunk by the Japanese at the battle of tsushima, May 27-29, 1905. ..."

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