French Foreign Legion Monument at Son Tay, during

French Foreign Legion Monument at Son Tay, during the Tonkin Campaign and Sino-French War 1883-1888. The Foreign Legion's First Battalion (Lieutenant-Colonel Donnier) sailed to Tonkin in the autumn of 1883, during the period of undeclared hostilities that preceded the Sino-French War (August 1884 to April 1885), and formed part of the attack column that stormed the western gate of Son Tay on 16 December

Formed Hostilities Indo-china Legions Lieutenant-colonel Preceded Sailed Stormed Tonkin Undeclared

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