Battle of Hanoi (1873)

Battle of Hanoi
	Part of the Garnier Expedition
	; French troops attacking the gate
Date	20 November 1873
Location	Bắc Kỳ, Nguyễn dynasty
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France	Nguyễn dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Francis Garnier; Jean Dupuis	Nguyễn Tri Phương (POW) (DOW); Nguyễn Lâm †; Bùi Thức Kiên (POW); Đặng Siêu (POW); Phan Liêm (POW)
Strength
210 men 180 sailors and marines; 30 mercenaries; Two gunboats	7,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
1 killed (friendly fire)	80 killed; 300 wounded; 2,000 captured

The Battle of Hanoi was fought on 20 November 1873 between France and Đại Nam. A French expeditionary force composed of 140 sailors, 30 marines and 8 officers under the command of Navy Lieutenant Francis Garnier captured the provincial capital Hanoi, where they had been sent by France on a diplomatic mission, without superiors' orders.

The capture of the city became the starting point of an unsanctioned military campaign by Lieutenant Garnier and his men, who then proceeded to conquer most of the Bắc Kỳ region over the course of December 1873.

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