Jean-Baptiste Cécille
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Jean-Baptiste Thomas Médée Cécille was a French Admiral and politician who played an important role in the French intervention of Vietnam. He also circumnavigated the globe.
Admiral Jean-Baptiste Cécille (1787–1873)
The 1888 French cruiser Amiral Cécille.
Charles Rigault de Genouilly
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Admiral of France Pierre-Louis-Charles Rigault de Genouilly was a French Navy officer. He fought with distinction in the Crimean War and the Second Opium War, but is chiefly remembered today for his c
Jean-Baptiste Cécille
…ships, three of them being sunk as a result in the Bombardment of Đà Nẵng. The French fleet then sailed away. The French would come back under Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly to capture Tourane (Da Nang) on 1 September 1858, and Saigon on 17 February 1859. After these events Cécille again sailed to Korea to try to infiltrate…
Amiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly
Rigault de Genouilly was appointed flag captain of the Ville de Paris in 1853.
Chinese bell brought from Canton by Rigault de Genouilly, now in the park of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
The Capture of Saigon, 17 February 1859, a painting by Antoine Morel-Fatio