Kép campaign

Kép campaign
	Part of the Sino-French War, Tonkin campaign
	; The battle of Kép, 8 October 1884
Date	2 to 15 October 1884
Location	Bắc Giang, northern Vietnam
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France	Qing dynasty
Commanders and leaders
François de Négrier; Lieutenant-Colonel Donnier	Empress Dowager Cixi ; Wang Debang; Pan Dingxin
Strength
2,800 men	6,000 men
Casualties and losses
65 killed; 180 wounded; Lam: 12 killed; 27 wounded; Kép: 32 killed; 61 wounded.; Chu: 21 killed; 92 wounded;	Unknown

The Kép campaign (2 to 15 October 1884) was an important campaign in northern Vietnam during the opening months of the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885). A force of just under 3,000 French troops under the command of General François de Négrier defeated a major Chinese invasion of the Red River Delta launched by Pan Dingxin's Guangxi Army in successive engagements at Lâm (6 October), Kép (8 October) and Chũ (10 October and 11 October).

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