Siege of Namwon

Coordinates: 35°24′36.00″N 127°23′8.99″E / 35.4100000°N 127.3858306°E / 35.4100000; 127.3858306
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Siege of Namwon
Part of
North Jeolla
35°24′36.00″N 127°23′8.99″E / 35.4100000°N 127.3858306°E / 35.4100000; 127.3858306
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Japanese Left Army
Korean Garrison
Ming armyCommanders and leaders
So Yoshitoshi
Korea:
Yi Bok-nam 
Ming:
Yang YuanStrength 50,000–68,000[1][2] Korea:
700–1,000[3][2]
Ming:
3,000 men[4]Casualties and losses ? 3,726[5]
Siege of Namwon
Hangul
남원전투
Hanja
南原戰鬪
Revised RomanizationNamwon Jeontu
McCune–ReischauerNamwŏn Chŏnt'u

The siege of Namwon was a military engagement that occurred from 23 September to 26 September 1597. It ended in Japanese victory.

Background

Ukita Hideie marched on Namwon with around 49,600 soldiers on 11 September 1597. They arrived on 23 September.[3]

Namwon was garrisoned by 3,000

I Boknam.[3]

Battle

The Japanese began by sending 100 soldiers to test the fort's defenses.[6]

On 24 September, the Japanese filled the trench with straw and earth. Then they took shelter in the burned out houses in the city.[6]

On 25 September, the Japanese asked the defenders to surrender, but they refused.[5]

On the night of 26 September, the Japanese bombarded Namwon for two hours while their men climbed the walls and used fresh straw to create a ramp to the top. Unable to burn the moist rice stalks, the defenders were helpless against the Japanese onslaught and the fortress fell.[5]

Aftermath

Hanseong and arrived the following week.[5]

Citations

  1. ^ Hawley 2005, p. 468.
  2. ^ a b "A critique of Samuel Hawley's the Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China — Part 2: The second invasion | Great Ming Military". 16 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Hawley 2005, p. 455.
  4. ^ Hawley 2005, p. 452.
  5. ^ a b c d Hawley 2005, p. 458.
  6. ^ a b Hawley 2005, p. 457.

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