Capture of Hưng Hóa

The Capture of Hưng Hóa (12 April 1884) was an important French victory in the Tonkin Campaign (1883–86).

Capture of Hưng Hóa
Part of Tonkin Campaign

Black Flag entrenchments at Hưng Hóa
Date12 April 1884
Location
Hưng Hóa, Hưng Hóa Province, Tonkin (present-day Phú Thọ Province, northern Vietnam)
Result French victory
Belligerents
 France Black Flag Army
Nguyễn dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Charles-Théodore Millot
Louis Brière de l'Isle
François de Négrier
Liu Yongfu
Hoàng Kế Viêm
Strength
10,000 infantry
several gunboats
around 3,000 Black Flag soldiers
6,000 Vietnamese soldiers
Casualties and losses
17 men drowned, no battle casualties not known; higher than French casualties
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