Capture of Hưng Hóa
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The Capture of Hưng Hóa (12 April 1884) was an important French victory in the Tonkin Campaign (1883–86).[1]
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Capture of Hưng Hóa | |||||||
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Part of Tonkin Campaign | |||||||
Black Flag entrenchments at Hưng Hóa | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France |
Black Flag Army Nguyễn dynasty | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Charles-Théodore Millot Louis Brière de l'Isle François de Négrier |
Liu Yongfu Hoàng Kế Viêm | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
10,000 infantry several gunboats |
around 3,000 Black Flag soldiers 6,000 Vietnamese soldiers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
17 men drowned, no battle casualties | not known; higher than French casualties |
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