With the start of the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894 , he became the first Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet and won several naval battles against the Chinese Empire 's Beiyang Fleet led by Admiral Ding Ruchang , notably at the Battle of the Yellow Sea .
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