Siege of Tuyên Quang

Quando

24 de nov. de 1884 – 3 de mar. de 1885

Tipo

Cerco

Coordenadas

21.82° N, 105.22° E

Description

1884 siege

Important battle of the Sino-French War (Nov 1884 - March 1885)

The siege of Tuyên Quang was an important confrontation between the French and the Chinese armies in Tonkin during the Sino-French War. 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.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “Siege of Tuyên Quang begins in Indochina: The French Foreign Legion is besieged by forces of the Empire of China”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “début du siège de Tuyen Quang (fin le 28 février 1885)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte

• Sino-French15 de jun. de 1884 · Guerra entre Estados · Mortes 12.100