What the records say
- When
- 1873
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 20.25° N, 105.97° E
- Description
- 1873 conflict
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Garnier Expedition
1873–74 French expedition in Tonkin
The Garnier Expedition was a French expedition in Tonkin between November 1873 and January 1874. Lieutenant Francis Garnier, who had been sent by France on the demand of Vietnamese Imperial authorities to bring back Jean Dupuis, an unruly French trader who was causing trouble in Hanoi, instead decided to side with Dupuis and captured the city of Hanoi, the capital of the Tonkin region.
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