Battle of Thuận An

The Battle of Thuận An was a clash between France and Vietnam during the period of early hostilities of the Tonkin Campaign (1883–1886). During the battle a French landing force under the command of Admiral Amédée Courbet stormed the coastal forts that guarded the river approaches to the Vietnamese capital Huế, enabling the French to dictate a treaty to the Vietnamese that recognised a French protectorate over Tonkin. The French strike against the Vietnamese in August 1883, sanctioned by Jules Ferry's administration in Paris, did more than anything else to make a war between France and China inevitable, and sowed the seeds of the Vietnamese Cần Vương national uprising in July 1885.

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Attack on the Thuan An forts

Warships at Thuan An

Vipere at Thuan An

Capture of Thuan An Forts

Thuan An Landing

Campagne du Tonkin Debarquement des fusiliers marins a Thuan An

Carte du bombardement des forts de Thuan-An en 1883

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Attack on the Thuan An forts		Commons
commons	image		Warships at Thuan An		Commons
commons	image		Vipere at Thuan An		Commons
commons	image		Capture of Thuan An Forts		Commons
commons	image		Thuan An Landing		Commons
commons	image		Campagne du Tonkin Debarquement des fusiliers marins a Thuan An		Commons
commons	image		Carte du bombardement des forts de Thuan-An en 1883		Commons