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While a strategic loss for the Nationalists, the abandonment of the Eastern Mountain (Dongshan, 东山/東山) Island did teach valuable lessons. Primarily it resulted in less overstretch and better handling of defence on islands closer to Taiwan proper. The
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launched an assault to take the island on 11 May 1950 with the help of three artillery battalions. After 10 hours of fighting, the Nationalists retreated from the island, having suffered some 2,044 fatalities.
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victory was a result of lessons learned in previous battles with the Nationalist troops for control over coastal islands, including the
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also learned from the mistakes used in their defence and battle, as shown three years later during the
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over the control of the Eastern Mountain (Dongshan, 东山/東山) Island at the southern tip of
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17th Army retreated to Eastern Mountain (Dongshan, 东山) Island off
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