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Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
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Sino-French War
1884–1885 conflict between France and China
The Sino-French or Franco-Chinese War, also known as the Tonkin War, was a limited conflict fought from August 1884 to April 1885 between the French Third Republic and Qing China for influence in Vietnam. There was no declaration of war.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Oscar de Négrier
19th-century French general
François Oscar de Négrier, known as Oscar de Négrier, was a French general of the Third Republic, winning fame in Algeria in the Sud-Oranais campaign (1881) and in Tonkin during the Sino-French War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Núi Bop
Part of the Sino-French War
The Battle of Núi Bop was a French victory during the Sino-French War. The battle was fought to clear Chinese forces away from the French forward base at Chu, and was an essential preliminary to the Lạng Sơn Campaign in February 1885.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Qing dynasty
Manchu-led dynasty of China (1644–1912)
The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. Being the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. At its…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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