Battle of Phủ Hoài

Battle of Phu Hoai
	Part of the Tonkin Campaign
Date	15 August 1883
Location	near Hanoi, Northern Vietnam
Result	See aftermath
Belligerents
France	Black Flag Army
Commanders and leaders
Alexandre-Eugène Bouët	Liu Yongfu
Strength
2,500 French marine infantry and Cochinchinese riflemen; 450 Yellow Flag auxiliaries; 3 artillery batteries; 6 gunboats	Around 3,000 Black Flag soldiers
Casualties and losses
17 dead; 62 wounded	Around 300 dead; 800 wounded

The Battle of Phu Hoai (15 August 1883) was an indecisive engagement between the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps and Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army during the early months of the Tonkin campaign (1883–1886). The battle took place during the period of increasing tension between France and China that eventually culminated in the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885).

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