The Battle of Zhenhai was a minor confrontation that took place on 1 March 1885 between Admiral Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron and Chinese warships and shore batteries near the coastal city of Zhe
Cannons at the monument of Zhenhai
The battle of Zhenhai (Chinese print)
Bayard, Triomphante and Nielly under fire from Chinese shore batteries at Zhenhai
Nielly's guns in action at Zhenhai, 1 March 1885
The French Far East Squadron was an exceptional naval grouping created for the duration of the Sino-French War.
Battle of Zhenhai
…The Battle of Zhenhai (Chinese: 鎮海之役) was a minor confrontation that took place on 1 March 1885 between Admiral Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron (escadre de l’extrême-Orient) and Chinese warships and shore batteries near the coastal city of Zhenhai, 12 miles (19 km) downstream from Ningbo, China…
Admiral Sébastien-Nicolas-Joachim Lespès (1828–97)
Admiral Adrien-Barthélémy-Louis Rieunier (1833–1918)
La Galissonnière in action at Keelung, 5 August 1884.