 Following the capture of the walled town of Haicheng, near Liaoyang in the Liaodong Peninsula, Manchuria by the 3rd Division of the Japanese First Army on 13 December 1894, Qing forces made four attempts in December and January 1895 to retake the town.This was the only Chinese offensive of the war, and all four attacks were unsuccessful.Military operations were hampered by deep snow and extremely severe winter weather.