campaign, nineteenth century
Sơn Tây Campaign
Sơn Tây Campaign was a campaign fought in 1883 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: 9,000 soldiers, 6 gunboats against 3,000 Black Flag soldiers; 7,000 Vietnamese soldiers; 2,000 Chinese soldiers.
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Where it sits in the Tonkin Campaign
Record
| Date | 1883 (year precision) to 1883 | |
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| Place | Vietnam 21.138N, 105.505E | |
| Kind | Campaign, nineteenth century | |
| Strength | 9,000 soldiers, 6 gunboats | 3,000 Black Flag soldiers; 7,000 Vietnamese soldiers; 2,000 Chinese soldiers |
| Casualties and losses | 83 killed, 320 wounded | 900 killed, around 1,000 wounded |
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Nearest engagements
- Operation Ivory Coast 1970, 1.2 km NW
- Battle of Cầu Giấy 1873, 33 km E
- Siege of Đông Quan 1418, 37 km E
- Battle of Hanoi 1946, 38 km E
- Siege of Songping AD 863, 38 km E
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Palan 1883
- After: Bắc Ninh Campaign 1884
- All 8 engagements of Tonkin Campaign
Elsewhere in 1883
- Battle of El Obeid Sudan
- Battle of Dodota Ethiopia
Sơn Tây 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 Q7667673, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Sơn Tây campaign, revision 1370749426, 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.