Pescadores Campaign

The Pescadores campaign which took place in late March, 1885, was one of the last campaigns of the Sino-French War. It was fought to capture the Pescadores, a strategically important archipelago off the western coast of Formosa (Taiwan). Admiral Amédée Courbet, with part of the French Far East Squadron, bombarded the Chinese coastal defences around the principal town of Makung on Penghu Island and landed a battalion of marine infantry which routed the Chinese defenders and occupied Makung.

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1885  Wikimedia, Wikidata
military campaign, 

Matsushima, Tsuga, 

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Location: 23.5833, 119.5833, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1885 Pescadores Campaign

1624-01-01T00:00:00Z

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1624 Battle of Penghu (1624)

1683-07-16T00:00:00Z

1683-07-16T00:00:00Z

1683 Battle of Penghu

1895-03-23T00:00:00Z

1895-03-26T00:00:00Z

1895 Pescadores Campaign

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Flotte Courbet par E M Adam 05167

French (military) people with local people at somewhere in Pescadores Islands

French Soldiers in Pescadores

French (military) people with local people at somewhere in Pescadores Islands

Prise des îles Pascadores en 1885. Le cuirassé français Bayard entre dans le port Makung

Destruction of the Makung barrage

Capture of Makung

Lieutenant Jehenne

Courbet at Makung

Bombardment of Chinese forts, Pescadores

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Raid on Penghu	aerial bombing of a city	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1624	Battle of Penghu (1624)	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1683	Battle of Penghu	Qing dynasty, Kingdom of Tungning, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1885	Pescadores Campaign	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1895	Pescadores Campaign	military campaign	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Matsushima	Matsushima-class cruiser, protected cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Tsuga	Momi-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	bunker	1941	Air raid shelter in north side of Penghu Monopoly Bureau	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	fort		Siyu West Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1624	Relic Site of Zhenghai Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1864	Jinguitou Fortress	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1889	Siyu East Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1902	Dashan Fortress	fortress	Wikidata
commons	image		Flotte Courbet par E M Adam 05167		Commons
commons	image		French (military) people with local people at somewhere in Pescadores Islands		Commons
commons	image		French Soldiers in Pescadores		Commons
commons	image		French (military) people with local people at somewhere in Pescadores Islands		Commons
commons	image		Prise des îles Pascadores en 1885. Le cuirassé français Bayard entre dans le port Makung		Commons
commons	image		Destruction of the Makung barrage		Commons
commons	image		Capture of Makung		Commons
commons	image		Lieutenant Jehenne		Commons
commons	image		Courbet at Makung		Commons
commons	image		Bombardment of Chinese forts, Pescadores		Commons