Nguyễn Trung Trực
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Nguyễn Trung Trực, born Nguyễn Văn Lịch, was a Vietnamese fisherman who organized and led village militia forces which fought against French colonial forces in the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam in
Nguyễn Trung Trực, 19th century Vietnamese anti-colonial military commander
Statue of Nguyễn Trung Trực in front of a shrine dedicated to him in Rạch Giá.
Trương Định
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Trương Định, sometimes known as Trương Công Định, was a mandarin in the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam under Emperor Tự Đức. He is best known for leading a guerrilla army in southern Vietnam against French
Nguyễn Trung Trực
…that year, the French attacked the citadel of Kỳ Hòa, seizing the fort after two days, along with a large quantity of small arms, artillery and food. Trương Định, a local partisan leader who fought at Kỳ Hòa, incorporated soldiers from the defeated imperial army into his ranks, as its commander had committed…
Portrait of Truong Dinh, by a later 19th century anonymous artist
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Tomb of Trương Định in Gò Công, Tiền Giang, Vietnam