battle, nineteenth century
Capture of Hung Hoa
Capture of Hung Hoa was a battle fought in 1884 in what is now Vietnam. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of the Tonkin Campaign, which ran from 1883 to 1886. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 10,000 infantry; several gunboats against Around 3,000 Black Flag soldiers; 6,000 Vietnamese soldiers.
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Where it sits in the Tonkin Campaign
Record
| Date | 1884 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Vietnam 21.333N, 105.167E | |
| Kind | Battle, nineteenth century | |
| Strength | 10,000 infantry; several gunboats | Around 3,000 Black Flag soldiers; 6,000 Vietnamese soldiers |
| Casualties and losses | 17 men drowned, no battle casualties | Not known; higher than French casualties |
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Nearest engagements
- Operation Ivory Coast 1970, 40 km SE
- Battle of Yu Oc 1884, 54 km N
- Battle of Hòa Mộc 1885, 54 km N
- Siege of Tuyên Quang 1884, 54 km N
- Battle of Hoa Binh 1951, 60 km S
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Palan 1883
- After: Battle of Bang Bo 24 March 1885
- All 5 engagements of Tonkin Campaign
Elsewhere in 1884
- Siege of Khartoum Sudan
- Battle of Fuzhou People's Republic of China
- Siege of Tuyên Quang Vietnam
- Battle of Tamai Sudan
- Battle of Tamsui Taiwan
Capture of Hung Hoa is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 140 in present-day Vietnam.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5037025, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Hưng Hóa, revision 1370608852, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.