Thái Nguyên uprising
1917 failed revolt against French colonial rule in Vietnam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Thái Nguyên uprising (Vietnamese: Khởi nghĩa Thái Nguyên) in 1917 has been described as the "largest and most destructive" anti-French rebellion in Vietnam (then part of French Indochina) between the Pacification of Tonkin in the 1880s and the Nghe-Tinh Revolt of 1930–31.[1] On 30 August 1917, an eclectic band of political prisoners, common criminals and insubordinate prison guards mutinied at the Thái Nguyên Penitentiary, the largest one in the region. The rebels came from over thirty provinces and according to estimates, involved at some point roughly 300 civilians, 200 ex-prisoners and 130 prison guards.[2]
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Part of Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Indochina French protectorate of Tonkin | Vietnamese rebels | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maurice Joseph Le Gallen (Resident-Superior of Tonkin) |
Trịnh Văn Cấn [vi] † Lương Ngọc Quyến [vi] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,700 | 630 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
? | ? |
The initial success of the rebels was short-lived. They managed to control the prison and the town's administrative buildings for six days, but were all expelled on the seventh day by French government reinforcements.[3] According to French reports 107 were killed on the colonial side and fifty-six on the anti-colonial, including Quyến.[4] French forces were not able to pacify the surrounding countryside until six months later.[5] Cấn reportedly committed suicide in January 1918 to avoid capture.[6] Both Quyến and Cấn have since been accorded legendary status as nationalist heroes.[7]