Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút

Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút
	Part of Tây Sơn wars and Siamese–Vietnamese Wars
	; Vietnamese monument of the battle
Date	1784 AD – 1785 AD
Location	Rạch Gầm River and Xoài Mút River; (near Mỹ Tho River, in present-day Tiền Giang Province, southern Vietnam)
Result	Decisive Tây Sơn Victory
Belligerents
Tây Sơn	Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam); Cambodia; Nguyễn lords; Hà Tiên Protectorate
Commanders and leaders
Nguyễn Huệ; Nguyễn Lữ ; Trương Văn Đa ; Đặng Văn Trấn	Krom Luang Thepharirak; Phraya Wichitnarong; Phraya Thatsada; Chaophraya Aphaiphubet (Baen); ; Nguyễn Ánh; Lê Văn Duyệt; Lê Văn Quân; Nguyễn Văn Thành; Nguyễn Văn Oai †; Mạc Tử Sinh
Units involved
Tây Sơn Army	Siamese Army; Siamese Navy; Nguyễn Ánh's forces
Strength
30,000 men; 55 warships; 100 sailing ships; 300 small canoes; 132 cannons	Siamese-Cambodian: 20,000 sailors; 30,000 infantry; 300 warships; 3,000–4,000 Nguyễn Ánh's forces
Casualties and losses
Unknown, but presumably much less than opponent	Warships: near annihilation; Siamese-Cambodian soldiers: 40,000+ killed; Nguyễn forces: 3,200 killed

The Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút (Vietnamese: Trận Rạch Gầm – Xoài Mút, Thai: การรบที่ซากเกิ่ม-สว่ายมุต) was fought between the Vietnamese Tây Sơn forces and an army of Siam in present-day Tiền Giang Province on January 20, 1785. It is considered one of the greatest victories in Vietnamese history.

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