Bắc Lệ ambush
The Bắc Lệ ambush (French: guet-apens de Bac-Lé, Vietnamese: trận Bắc Lệ or trận cầu Quan Âm) was a clash during the Tonkin Campaign in June 1884 between Chinese troops of the Guangxi Army and a French column sent to occupy Lạng Sơn and other towns near the Chinese border. The French claimed that their troops had been ambushed by the Chinese. The incident led to the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885).
| Bắc Lệ ambush | |||||||
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| Part of the Tonkin Campaign | |||||||
The Bắc Lệ ambush, 23 June 1884 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | China | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Alphonse Dugenne |
Wang Debang Wan Zhongxuan Huang Yuxian Wang Hongshun Pan Dingxin | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 450 French troops, 350 Tonkinese auxiliaries | 4,600 Chinese regulars | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
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