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| rdfs:label | - Battle of Bang Bo (Zhennan Pass)
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| rdfs:comment | - The Battle of Bang Bo, known in China as the battle of Zhennan Pass (Chinese:鎮南關之役), was an important Chinese victory during the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885). The battle, fought on 23 and 24 March 1885 on the Tonkin-Guangxi border, saw the defeat of 1,500 soldiers of General François de Négrier's 2nd Brigade of the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps by a Chinese army under the command of the Guangxi military commissioner Pan Dingxin (潘鼎新).
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| Strength | - 1500
- 40000
- At Zhennan Pass: Maximum of 4,000 men of the Black Flags, under 4,000 for government troops
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| Partof | - the Sino-French War, Tonkin Campaign
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| Commander | - François de Négrier
- Pan Dingxin
- Wang Debang
- Feng Zicai
- Chen Jia
- Fang Yusheng
- Jiang Zonghan
- Su Yuanchun
- Wang Xiaochi
- Wei Gang
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| Caption | - Chinese fortifications at Zhennan Pass
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| Place | - north of Lang Son, Vietnam
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| abstract | - The Battle of Bang Bo, known in China as the battle of Zhennan Pass (Chinese:鎮南關之役), was an important Chinese victory during the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885). The battle, fought on 23 and 24 March 1885 on the Tonkin-Guangxi border, saw the defeat of 1,500 soldiers of General François de Négrier's 2nd Brigade of the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps by a Chinese army under the command of the Guangxi military commissioner Pan Dingxin (潘鼎新). The battle set the scene for the French Retreat from Lang Son on 28 March and the conclusion of the Sino-French War in early April in circumstances of considerable embarrassment for France.
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