campaign, nineteenth century
Bắc Ninh Campaign
Bắc Ninh Campaign was a campaign fought in 1884 in what is now Vietnam. It was part of the Tonkin Campaign, which ran from 1883 to 1886. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 10,000 soldiers, 6 gunboats against 20,000 Chinese soldiers; 3,000 Black Flag soldiers.
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Where it sits in the Tonkin Campaign
Record
| Date | 1884 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Vietnam 21.183N, 106.050E | |
| Kind | Campaign, nineteenth century | |
| Strength | 10,000 soldiers, 6 gunboats | 20,000 Chinese soldiers; 3,000 Black Flag soldiers |
| Casualties and losses | 9 killed; 39 wounded | 100 killed; 400 wounded |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Hanoi 1946, 27 km SW
- Siege of Songping AD 863, 27 km SW
- Siege of Đông Quan 1418, 28 km SW
- Battle of Cầu Giấy 1873, 31 km SW
- Battle of Bình Lệ Nguyên 1258, 44 km NW
In the same war
- Before: Sơn Tây Campaign 1883
- After: Capture of Hung Hoa 1884
- All 8 engagements of Tonkin Campaign
Elsewhere in 1884
- Siege of Khartoum Sudan
- Battle of Fuzhou People's Republic of China
- Siege of Tuyên Quang Vietnam
- Battle of Tamai Sudan
- Battle of Tamsui Taiwan
Bắc Ninh Campaign is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 269 in present-day Vietnam.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4141584, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Bắc Ninh campaign, revision 1377313504, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.