Siege of Tuyên Quang
Important battle of the Sino-French War (Nov 1884 - March 1885) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The siege of Tuyên Quang was an important confrontation between the French and the Chinese armies in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) during the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885). A French garrison of 619 men, including two companies of the French Foreign Legion, successfully defended the French post of Tuyên Quang against vastly outnumbering Chinese forces in a four-month siege from 24 November 1884 to 3 March 1885. 'Tuyên Quang 1885' remains one of the Legion's proudest battle honours.[3]
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Siege of Tuyên Quang | |||||||
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Part of the Sino-French War, Tonkin Campaign | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France |
Qing dynasty Black Flag Army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Marc-Edmond Dominé |
Tang Jingsong Liu Yongfu | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
619[lower-alpha 1] | 15,000[1] | ||||||
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33 dead[1] 264 wounded |
1,000+ dead[2] 2,000+ wounded[2] |
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