What the records say
- When
- 1 Sep 1858 – 22 Mar 1860
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 16.07° N, 108.23° E
- Description
- 1858 siege at the start of the French conquest of Vietnam
Siege of Tourane
1858 siege at the start of the French conquest of Vietnam
The siege of Tourane was a Vietnamese victory during the Cochinchina campaign, a punitive campaign against the Vietnamese launched by France and Spain in 1858. A joint Franco-Spanish expedition under the command of Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly captured Tourane in September 1858, but was then besieged in the city by the Vietnamese and forced eventually to evacuate it in March 1860.
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