Amédée Courbet
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Anatole-Amédée-Prosper Courbet was a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin Campaign and the Sino-French War.
Amédée Courbet Appert BNF Gallica
The station ironclad Bayard, Courbet's flagship
Admiral Courbet in Huế.
French military and naval operations during the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885)
Sino-French War
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The Sino-French or Franco-Chinese War, also known as the Tonkin War, was a limited conflict fought from August 1884 to April 1885 between the French Third Republic and the Qing dynasty for influence i
Amédée Courbet
…26 June 1827 – 11 June 1885) was a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin Campaign (1883–86) and the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885). Courbet was born in Abbeville as the youngest of three children. His father died when he was nine years old. He was educated…
Commandant Henri Rivière (1827–83)
European residents walk warily in the streets of Guangzhou, autumn 1883.
The capture of Sơn Tây, 16 December 1883