Battle of Núi Bop

Battle of Núi Bop
	Part of the Sino-French War, Tonkin Campaign
	; French infantry capture a Chinese fort at Núi Bop, 4 January 1885
Date	3–4 January 1885
Location	South of Lạng Sơn, northern Vietnam21°50′52.800″N 106°45′28.800″E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France	Qing dynasty
Commanders and leaders
François de Négrier	Wang Debang
Strength
2,000 men	12,000 men
Casualties and losses
19 killed; 65 wounded	600+ killed
	Location within Vietnam

The Battle of Núi Bop (3–4 January 1885) 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.

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