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French interest in northern Vietnam dated from the late 18th century, when the political Catholic priest Pigneau de Behaine recruited French volunteers to fight for Nguyễn Ánh and help begin the Nguyễn Dynasty in an attempt to gain privileges for France and the Roman Catholic Church. In 1858, France began their colonial campaign and in 1862 annexed several southern provinces of Vietnam to become the colony of Cochinchina, laying the foundations for its later colonial empire in Indochina. French explorers followed the course of the Red River (Asia) through northern Vietnam to its source in Yunnan, arousing hopes that an extremely profitable overland trade route could be established with China, bypassing the treaty ports of the Chinese coastal provinces. The main obstacle to the realisation

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  • Sino-French War
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  • French interest in northern Vietnam dated from the late 18th century, when the political Catholic priest Pigneau de Behaine recruited French volunteers to fight for Nguyễn Ánh and help begin the Nguyễn Dynasty in an attempt to gain privileges for France and the Roman Catholic Church. In 1858, France began their colonial campaign and in 1862 annexed several southern provinces of Vietnam to become the colony of Cochinchina, laying the foundations for its later colonial empire in Indochina. French explorers followed the course of the Red River (Asia) through northern Vietnam to its source in Yunnan, arousing hopes that an extremely profitable overland trade route could be established with China, bypassing the treaty ports of the Chinese coastal provinces. The main obstacle to the realisation
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Strength
  • 15000(xsd:integer)
  • 25000(xsd:integer)
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Partof
  • the Tonkin Campaign
Date
  • August 1884 – April 1885
Commander
  • 23(xsd:integer)
  • François de Négrier
  • Louis Brière de l'Isle
  • Empress Dowager Cixi
  • Guangxu Emperor
  • Pan Dingxin
  • Wang Debang
  • Jacques Duchesne
  • Liu Mingchuan
  • Amédée Courbet
  • Feng Zicai
  • Laurent Giovanninelli
  • Prince Gong
  • Sun Kaihua
  • Sébastien Lespès
  • Tang Ching-sung
  • Zhang Peilun
  • Zuo Zongtang
Territory
  • French protectorate over Tonkin and Annam.
Caption
  • Operations of the Sino-French war
Casualties
  • 2100(xsd:integer)
  • 10000(xsd:integer)
Result
  • Mitigated French victory Treaty of Tientsin, Collapse of Ferry's government
combatant
  • France
  • Vietnam
  • Qing Empire
  • Black Flag Army
Place
  • Southeast Mainland China, Taiwan, Northern Vietnam
Conflict
  • Chiến tranh Pháp-Thanh
  • Guerre franco-chinoise
  • Sino-French War
  • 中法戰争
abstract
  • French interest in northern Vietnam dated from the late 18th century, when the political Catholic priest Pigneau de Behaine recruited French volunteers to fight for Nguyễn Ánh and help begin the Nguyễn Dynasty in an attempt to gain privileges for France and the Roman Catholic Church. In 1858, France began their colonial campaign and in 1862 annexed several southern provinces of Vietnam to become the colony of Cochinchina, laying the foundations for its later colonial empire in Indochina. French explorers followed the course of the Red River (Asia) through northern Vietnam to its source in Yunnan, arousing hopes that an extremely profitable overland trade route could be established with China, bypassing the treaty ports of the Chinese coastal provinces. The main obstacle to the realisation of this dream was the Black Flag Army, a well-organized bandit force under a formidable leader, Liu Yongfu (Liu Yung-fu, 劉永福), which was levying exorbitant dues on trade on the Red River between Sơn Tây and the town of Lào Cai on the Yunnan border.
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