Henri Roussel de Courcy
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Philippe Marie Henri Roussel, count of Courcy was a French divisional general.
Henri Roussel, Comte de Courcy
French conquest of Vietnam
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The French conquest of Vietnam1 was a series of military expeditions that pitted the Second French Empire, later the French Third Republic, against the Vietnamese empire of Đại Nam in the mid-late 19t
Top: French and Spaniard armadas attacking Saigon, 18 February 1859. Bottom: French marines storm Vietnamese defenders on the shore of Thuận An (Huế) on 20 August 1883.
Prise de Saigon 18 Fevrier 1859 Antoine Morel Fatio
Bombardment of Bien Hoa (16 December 1861)
Handwritten letter of Phan Thanh Giản. The French translation is by Henri Rieunier.