At dawn on September 15, 1894, the Japanese brigades under Lieutenant General Nozu Michistsura and Major General Oshima Yoshimasa surrounded the stronghold at Pingyang and began a full attack.  The Chinese, entrenched and fortified, fought fiercely as the battle developed.  When the Japanese toppled the Gembu Gate, however, the Chinese commanders began to consider evacuation.  The north wing commander Tso Pao-kwei [Zao Baogui] led his troops to repel the Japanese forces and died courageously in battle, but the supreme commander Yeh Chih-chao fled in the night, bringing about the Chinese defeat.

The figures identified in the red cartouches are:

center panel: Infantry Captain Tagami? 田上歩兵大尉, Quing General Zuo Baogui 清将左寳貴

left panel: Major General Ōsako 大迫陸軍少将, Major General Nagata 永田砲兵少佐, Major General Ōshima