1881
Siege of Hanoi
Riviere is sent to Hanoi to evict the Chinese "Black Flag Pirates". Killed during a Vietnamese counterattack. Captures the Hanoi fortress & the Hon Gay coal mine
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Riviere is sent to Hanoi to evict the Chinese "Black Flag Pirates". Killed during a Vietnamese counterattack. Captures the Hanoi fortress & the Hon Gay coal mine
Seizes the Hanoi citadel with a small French force.
The action intensifies French intervention in northern Vietnam.
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