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
Operations of the Sino-French War
Commandant Henri Rivière (1827–83)
European residents walk warily in the streets of Guangzhou, autumn 1883.
The capture of Sơn Tây, 16 December 1883
Jules Ferry
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Jules François Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican philosopher. He was one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans and served as Prime Minister of France from 1880 to 1881 and 1883
Sino-French War
…of Empress Dowager Cixi over the Qing government but France securing its strategic objective did not prevent the collapse of French Prime Minister Jules Ferry's government for whom the Tonkin Affair was ignominious. French interest in northern Vietnam dated from the late 18th century, when the political…
Jules Ferry The Evolution of France under the Third Republic
André Gill's cartoon on Ferry, where he eats a gingerbread priest (1878)
Portrait of Ferry by Léon Bonnat