In 1783 Tây-Sơn rebel forces recaptured Saigon and forced Nguyễn Ánh to flee across the river to Siam. While in exile Nguyễn Ánh wished to retake Gia Định and push the Tây-Sơn rebels out. One of Anh's generals, Chau Van Tiep, convinced the peaceful King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke of Siam to provide Nguyen Anh with support troops and a small invasion force.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| - Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút
|
rdfs:comment
| - In 1783 Tây-Sơn rebel forces recaptured Saigon and forced Nguyễn Ánh to flee across the river to Siam. While in exile Nguyễn Ánh wished to retake Gia Định and push the Tây-Sơn rebels out. One of Anh's generals, Chau Van Tiep, convinced the peaceful King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke of Siam to provide Nguyen Anh with support troops and a small invasion force.
|
sameAs
| |
Strength
| - 300(xsd:integer)
- 3000(xsd:integer)
- 20000(xsd:integer)
- Siamese: 20,000 sailors and marines, 30,000 infantry
|
dcterms:subject
| |
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
Partof
| |
Date
| |
Commander
| |
Casualties
| - Unknown
- Near annihilation
|
Result
| |
combatant
| - Nguyễn Ánh's forces
- Siamese Army
- Siamese Navy
- Tây Sơn forces
|
Place
| - Tiền Giang , Southern Vietnam
|
Conflict
| - Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút
|
abstract
| - In 1783 Tây-Sơn rebel forces recaptured Saigon and forced Nguyễn Ánh to flee across the river to Siam. While in exile Nguyễn Ánh wished to retake Gia Định and push the Tây-Sơn rebels out. One of Anh's generals, Chau Van Tiep, convinced the peaceful King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke of Siam to provide Nguyen Anh with support troops and a small invasion force. In mid-1784 Nguyễn Ánh, with 20,000–50,000 Siamese troops and 300 warships, moved through Cambodia, then east of Tonle Sap (Toh Lay Sap in Thai) and penetrated the recently annexed provinces of Annam. 20,000 Siamese troops reached Kiên Giang and another 30,000 landed in Chap Lap, as the Siamese advanced towards Cần Thơ. Later that year the Siamese captured the former Cambodian province of Gia Định where they committed atrocities against Việt settlers, this made some locals turn their support to Tây Sơn.
|