Bắc Ninh campaign

Bắc Ninh campaign
	Part of the Tonkin Campaign
	; The capture of Bắc Ninh, 12 March 1884
Date	6 to 24 March 1884
Location	Bắc Ninh, northern Vietnam
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France	Qing dynasty; Black Flag Army
Commanders and leaders
Charles-Théodore Millot; Louis Brière de l'Isle; François de Négrier	Xu Yanxu; Huang Guilan; Zhao Wo; Liu Yongfu
Strength
10,000 soldiers, 6 gunboats	20,000 Chinese soldiers; 3,000 Black Flag soldiers
Casualties and losses
9 killed, 39 wounded	around 100 dead, 400 wounded

The Bắc Ninh campaign (6–24 March 1884) was one of a series of clashes between French and Chinese forces in northern Vietnam during the Tonkin campaign (1883–86). The campaign, fought during the period of undeclared hostilities that preceded the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885), resulted in the French capture of Bắc Ninh and the complete defeat of China's Guangxi Army.

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