Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Che-mul-pho (Russo-Japanese War).

Fought February 8, 1904, between a Japanese squadron of four protected cruisers, convoying transports, under Admiral Uriu, and a Russian cruiser and gunboat which sought to oppose the landing. After a smart action the cruiser was blown up to avoid capture, and the gunboat destroyed, the Russians losing 504 killed and wounded. The Japanese suffered no material damage.