Keelung Campaign
The Keelung Campaign (August 1884–April 1885) was a controversial military campaign undertaken by the French in northern Formosa (Taiwan) during the Sino-French War. After making a botched attack on Keelung in August 1884, the French landed an expeditionary corps of 2,000 men and captured the port in October 1884. Unable to advance beyond their bridgehead, they were invested inside Keelung by superior Chinese forces under the command of the imperial commissioner Liu Ming-ch'uan. In November and December 1884 cholera and typhoid drained the strength of the French expeditionary corps, while reinforcements for the Chinese army flowed into Formosa via the Pescadores Islands, raising its strength to 35,000 men by the end of the war. Reinforced in January 1885 to a strength of 4,500 men, the Fre
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Keelung Campaign
The Keelung Campaign (August 1884–April 1885) was a controversial military campaign undertaken by the French in northern Formosa (Taiwan) during the Sino-French War. After making a botched attack on Keelung in August 1884, the French landed an expeditionary corps of 2,000 men and captured the port in October 1884. Unable to advance beyond their bridgehead, they were invested inside Keelung by superior Chinese forces under the command of the imperial commissioner Liu Ming-ch'uan. In November and December 1884 cholera and typhoid drained the strength of the French expeditionary corps, while reinforcements for the Chinese army flowed into Formosa via the Pescadores Islands, raising its strength to 35,000 men by the end of the war. Reinforced in January 1885 to a strength of 4,500 men, the Fre
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La campagne de Keelung (août 1 ...... ant la guerre franco-chinoise.
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The Keelung Campaign (August 1 ...... diversion of the French navy.
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西仔反戰役,又稱基隆戰役、淡水戰役、澎湖戰役,是指1884年 ...... 役總稱。 「西仔」指法蘭西;「反」通「叛」是戰爭動亂的總稱。
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around 700 dead, several hundred wounded
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Strategic and Tactical stalemate, French failure
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35,000 infantry (by March 1885
4,500 infantry (by March 1885)
twenty plus warships
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several thousand killed and wounded
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August 1884 to March 1885
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La campagne de Keelung (août 1 ...... ant la guerre franco-chinoise.
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The Keelung Campaign (August 1 ...... strength of 4,500 men, the Fre
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西仔反戰役,又稱基隆戰役、淡水戰役、澎湖戰役,是指1884年 ...... 役總稱。 「西仔」指法蘭西;「反」通「叛」是戰爭動亂的總稱。
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Campagne de Keelung
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Keelung Campaign
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西仔反
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Keelung Campaign
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