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The Keelung campaign (August 1884–April 1885) was a controversial military campaign undertaken by French forces in northern Formosa (Taiwan) during the Sino-French War.[1]

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  1. 80 relations: Amédée Courbet, Bangka Lungshan Temple, Battle of Fuzhou, Battle of Tamsui, Battle of Yu Oc, Bắc Lệ ambush, Bắc Ninh campaign, Cholera, Congreve rocket, Dadaocheng, Empire of Japan, Enfilade and defilade, Ershawan Battery, Far East Squadron, First Battle of the Marne, Flag of France, Foochow Arsenal, France, French ironclad Bayard, French Third Republic, Fujian Fleet, Fuzhou, Gapsin Coup, Geography of Taiwan, George Leslie Mackay, History of the French Navy, Hotchkiss gun, Hsinchu, Imperial Japanese Navy, Jacques Duchesne, James Paris Lee, James W. Davidson, Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874), Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895), Joseph Joffre, Jules Ferry, Jules Patenôtre des Noyers, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Krupp, Liu Mingchuan, Liu Yongfu, Madagascar, Magong, Marshal of France, Mauser Model 1871, Military campaign, Military strategy, Penghu, Pescadores campaign (1885), ... Expand index (30 more) »

  2. 1884 in France
  3. 1884 in Taiwan
  4. 1885 in France
  5. 1885 in Taiwan
  6. Battles involving Taiwan
  7. Battles involving the French Foreign Legion
  8. Battles of the Sino-French War
  9. Conflicts in 1884
  10. Sino-French War

Amédée Courbet

Anatole-Amédée-Prosper Courbet (26 June 1827 – 11 June 1885) was a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin Campaign (1883–86) and the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885). Keelung campaign and Amédée Courbet are 1885 in Taiwan.

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Bangka Lungshan Temple

Bangka Lungshan Temple (also Lungshan Temple of Manka, Mengjia Longshan Temple) is a Chinese folk religious temple in Wanhua District (alternately known as Bangka/Mengjia), Taipei, Taiwan.

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Battle of Fuzhou

The Battle of Fuzhou, or Battle of Foochow, also known as the Battle of the Pagoda Anchorage (French: Combat naval de Fou-Tchéou, Chinese:, 馬江之役 or 馬尾海戰, literally Battle of Mawei), was the opening engagement of the 16-month Sino-French War (December 1883 – April 1885). Keelung campaign and Battle of Fuzhou are 1884 in France and conflicts in 1884.

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Battle of Tamsui

The Battle of Tamsui, Danshui, or Hobe (2–8 October 1884) was a significant French defeat by the Qing dynasty at Tamsui on Taiwan during the Keelung Campaign of the Sino-French War. Keelung campaign and Battle of Tamsui are 1884 in France, 1884 in Taiwan, battles involving Taiwan, battles of the Sino-French War and conflicts in 1884.

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Battle of Yu Oc

The Battle of Yu Oc (19 November 1884) was a French victory during the Sino-French War. Keelung campaign and Battle of Yu Oc are 1884 in France, battles involving France, battles involving the French Foreign Legion, battles of the Sino-French War and conflicts in 1884.

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Bắc Lệ ambush

The Bắc Lệ ambush (guet-apens de Bac-Lé, Vietnamese: trận Bắc Lệ or trận cầu Quan Âm) was a clash during the Tonkin Campaign in June 1884 between Chinese troops of the Guangxi Army and a French column sent to occupy Lạng Sơn and other towns near the Chinese border. Keelung campaign and Bắc Lệ ambush are 1884 in France, battles involving France and conflicts in 1884.

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Bắc Ninh campaign

The Bắc Ninh campaign (6–24 March 1884) was one of a series of clashes between French and Chinese forces in northern Vietnam during the Tonkin campaign (1883–86). Keelung campaign and Bắc Ninh campaign are 1884 in France and conflicts in 1884.

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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Congreve rocket

The Congreve rocket was a type of rocket artillery designed by British inventor Sir William Congreve in 1808.

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Dadaocheng

Dadaocheng is an area in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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Enfilade and defilade

Enfilade and defilade are concepts in military tactics used to describe a military formation's exposure to enemy fire.

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Ershawan Battery

Ershawan Battery, or better known as Tenable Gate of the Sea is a battery emplacements camp in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan.

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Far East Squadron

The French Far East Squadron (escadre de l'Extrême-Orient) was an exceptional naval grouping created for the duration of the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885). Keelung campaign and Far East Squadron are Sino-French War.

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First Battle of the Marne

The First Battle of the Marne or known in France as the Miracle on the Marne (French: miracle de la Marne) was a battle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914.

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Flag of France

The national flag of France (drapeau français) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red.

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Foochow Arsenal

The Foochow Arsenal, also known as the Fuzhou or Mawei Arsenal, was one of several shipyards created by the Qing Empire and a flagship project of French assistance to China during the Self-Strengthening Movement.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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French ironclad Bayard

Bayard was the lead ship of the of ironclad barbette ships built for the French Navy in the late 1870s and 1880s.

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French Third Republic

The French Third Republic (Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government.

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Fujian Fleet

The Fujian Fleet founded in 1678 as the Fujian Marine Fleet was one of China's four regional fleets during the closing decades of the nineteenth century. Keelung campaign and Fujian Fleet are Sino-French War.

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Fuzhou

Fuzhou is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China.

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Gapsin Coup

The Gapsin Coup, also known as the Gapsin Revolution, was a failed three-day coup d'état that occurred in Korea during 1884. Korean reformers in the Enlightenment Party sought to initiate rapid changes within the country, including eliminating social distinctions by abolishing the legal privileges of the yangban class. Keelung campaign and Gapsin Coup are conflicts in 1884.

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Geography of Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is an island country in East Asia.

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George Leslie Mackay

George Leslie Mackay (偕瑞理 or 馬偕 Má-kai; 21 March 1844 – 2 June 1901) was a Canadian Presbyterian missionary.

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History of the French Navy

Although the history of the French Navy goes back to the Middle Ages, its history can be said to effectively begin with Richelieu under Louis XIII.

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Hotchkiss gun

The Hotchkiss gun can refer to different products of the Hotchkiss arms company starting in the late 19th century.

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Hsinchu

Hsinchu is a city located in northwestern Taiwan.

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Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Jacques Duchesne

General Jacques Charles René Achille Duchesne (3 March 1837 – 27 April 1918) was a 19th-century French military officer.

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James Paris Lee

James Paris Lee (9 August 1831 – 24 February 1904) was a British Canadian inventor and arms designer.

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James W. Davidson

James Wheeler Davidson (14 June 1872 – 18 July 1933) was an American-born Canadian businessman, diplomat, explorer, journalist, and philanthropist.

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Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874)

The Japanese punitive expedition to Taiwan in 1874, referred to in Japan as the and in Taiwan and Mainland China as the Mudan incident, was a punitive expedition launched by the Japanese ostensibly in retaliation for the murder of 54 Ryukyuan sailors by Paiwan aborigines near the southwestern tip of Taiwan in December 1871.

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Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)

The Japanese invasion of Taiwan, also known as Yiwei War in Chinese (May–October 1895), was a conflict between the Empire of Japan and the armed forces of the short-lived Republic of Formosa following the Qing dynasty's cession of Taiwan to Japan in April 1895 at the end of the First Sino-Japanese War.

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Joseph Joffre

Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, (12 January 1852 – 3 January 1931) was a French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front from the start of World War I until the end of 1916.

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Jules Ferry

Jules François Camille Ferry (5 April 183217 March 1893) was a French statesman and republican philosopher.

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Jules Patenôtre des Noyers

Jules Patenôtre des Noyers (20 April 1845 – 26 December 1925) was a French diplomat.

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Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan.

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Keelung

Keelung (Hokkien: Ke-lâng), Chilung or Jilong, officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan.

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Krupp

Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp (formerly Friedrich Krupp GmbH), trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer during both world wars.

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Liu Mingchuan

Liu Mingchuan (1836–1896), courtesy name Xingsan, was a Chinese military general and politician during the late Qing dynasty.

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Liu Yongfu

Liu Yongfu (10 October 1837–9 January 1917) was a Chinese warlord and commander of the celebrated Black Flag Army.

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Madagascar

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.

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Magong

Magong (POJ: Má-keng) is a county-administered city and seat of Penghu County, Taiwan.

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Marshal of France

Marshal of France (Maréchal de France, plural Maréchaux de France) is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements.

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Mauser Model 1871

The Mauser Model 1871 adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71, or "Infantry Rifle 71" ("I.G.Mod.71" was stamped on the rifles themselves) was the first rifle model in a distinguished line designed and manufactured by Paul Mauser and Wilhelm Mauser of the Mauser company and later mass-produced at Spandau arsenal.

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Military campaign

A military campaign is large-scale long-duration significant military strategy plan incorporating a series of interrelated military operations or battles forming a distinct part of a larger conflict often called a war.

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Military strategy

Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals.

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Penghu

The Penghu (Hokkien POJ: Phîⁿ-ô͘ or Phêⁿ-ô͘) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, located approximately west of the main island of Taiwan across the Penghu Channel, covering an area of.

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Pescadores campaign (1885)

The Pescadores campaign which took place in late March, 1885, was one of the last campaigns of the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885). Keelung campaign and Pescadores campaign (1885) are 1885 in France, 1885 in Taiwan, battles involving Taiwan, conflicts in 1885 and Sino-French War.

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Pinyin

Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese.

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.

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Ranks in the French Navy

The rank insignia of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) are worn on shoulder straps of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels.

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Retreat from Lạng Sơn

The Retreat from Lạng Sơn (retraite de Lang-Son) was a controversial French strategic withdrawal in Tonkin at the end of March 1885 during the Sino-French War (August 1884 to April 1885). Keelung campaign and Retreat from Lạng Sơn are 1885 in France, battles of the Sino-French War, conflicts in 1885 and Sino-French War.

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Sébastien Lespès

Sébastien-Nicolas-Joachim Lespès (13 March 1828 – 24 August 1897) was a French admiral who played an important role in naval operations during the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885), as second-in-command of Admiral Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron.

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Siege of Tourane

The siege of Tourane (September 1858–March 1860) was a Vietnamese victory during the Cochinchina campaign, a punitive campaign against the Vietnamese launched by France and Spain in 1858.

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Siege of Tuyên Quang

The siege of Tuyên Quang was an important confrontation between the French and the Chinese armies in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) during the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885). Keelung campaign and siege of Tuyên Quang are battles involving the French Foreign Legion, battles of the Sino-French War, conflicts in 1884 and conflicts in 1885.

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Simplified Chinese characters

Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters.

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Sino-French War

The Sino-French War, also known as the Tonkin War, was a limited conflict fought from August 1884 to April 1885 between the French Third Republic and Qing China for influence in Vietnam. There was no declaration of war. The Chinese armies performed better than in their other nineteenth-century wars. Although French forces emerged victorious from most engagements, the Chinese scored noteworthy successes on land, notably forcing the French to hastily withdraw from occupied Lạng Sơn in the late stages of the war, thus regaining control of the town and its surroundings. Keelung campaign and Sino-French War are 1884 in France, 1885 in France, conflicts in 1884 and conflicts in 1885.

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Sun Kaihua

Sun Kaihua (died 1893) was a military student of Hunan, who joined Bao Chao's army and fought against the Taiping and Nien rebels, during which time he was wounded.

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Tainan

Tainan, officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast.

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Taipeh Prefecture

Taipeh Prefecture was a Qing dynasty prefecture created from the northern part of Taiwan Prefecture, Qing-era Taiwan in 1875, while the island was still part of Fujian Province.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan.

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Taiping Rebellion

The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a civil war in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.

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Tamsui District

Tamsui District (Tâi-lô: Tām-tsuí) is a seaside district in New Taipei City, Taiwan adjacent to the Tamsui River and overlooking the Taiwan Strait.

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Tōgō Heihachirō

, served as a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes.

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Tianjin Accord

The Tianjin Accord or Li–Fournier Convention, concluded on 11 May 1884, was intended to settle an undeclared war between France and China over the sovereignty of Tonkin (northern Vietnam). Keelung campaign and Tianjin Accord are 1884 in France, conflicts in 1884 and Sino-French War.

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Togo and the Rise of Japanese Sea Power

Togo and the Rise of Japanese Sea Power is a 1936 non-fiction book by Edwin A. Falk, published by Longmans, Green and Co. Bradley A. Fiske, a former rear admiral of the U.S. Navy, gave an introduction.

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Tonkin

Tonkin, also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is an exonym referring to the northern region of Vietnam.

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Tonkin campaign

The Tonkin campaign was an armed conflict fought between June 1883 and April 1886 by the French against, variously, the Vietnamese, Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army and the Chinese Guangxi and Yunnan armies to occupy Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and entrench a French protectorate there. Keelung campaign and Tonkin campaign are conflicts in 1884 and conflicts in 1885.

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Tonkin Expeditionary Corps

The Tonkin Expeditionary Corps (corps expéditionnaire du Tonkin) was a French military command based in northern Vietnam (Tonkin) from June 1883 to April 1886. Keelung campaign and Tonkin Expeditionary Corps are Sino-French War.

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Traditional Chinese characters

Traditional Chinese characters are a standard set of Chinese character forms used to write Chinese languages.

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Troupes de marine

The Troupes de Marine or TDM, sometimes simply referred to as "French Marines" in English, are one of the major components of the French Army and comprise several specialties: infantry, airborne, armoured cavalry, artillery, engineering, and transmissions (signals).

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Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi.

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Wade–Giles

Wade–Giles is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese.

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Winchester rifle

Winchester rifle is a comprehensive term describing a series of lever action repeating rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.

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Xizhi District

Xizhi is an inner city district in eastern New Taipei City in northern Taiwan, and is located between Taipei City and Keelung City.

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Yilan City

Yilan City (Mandarin pinyin: Yílán Shì; Hokkien POJ: Gî-lân-chhī) is a county-administered city and the county seat of Yilan County, Taiwan.

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Zhang Gaoyuan

Zhang Gaoyuan (Chinese: 章高元; 1843–1912) was a general of the Huai Army during the late Qing dynasty.

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See also

1884 in France

1884 in Taiwan

1885 in France

1885 in Taiwan

Battles involving Taiwan

Battles involving the French Foreign Legion

Battles of the Sino-French War

Conflicts in 1884

Sino-French War

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keelung_campaign

Also known as Jilong Campaign.

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