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    Battle of Shipu (Chinese: 石浦海戰) was a French naval victory during the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885). The battle took place on the night of...
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    naval forces during the Sino-French War, where she saw action at the Battle of Shipu in February 1885. Éclaireur spent the late 1880s and early 1890s in...
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    During the Battle of Shipu, Nielly and the other vessels failed to catch the faster Chinese cruisers, but trapped a pair of smaller vessels Shipu, which were...
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    Chinese frigate Yuyuen (category Frigates of China)
    relieve the blockade of Formosa. Yuyuen was sunk in Shipu Bay during the Battle of Shipu on 15 February 1885. Yuyuen was a Haian-class wooden steam powered...
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    Spar torpedo (category Naval weapons of the United States)
    On February 14, 1885, Courbet also sank Chinese frigate Yuyuan in Battle of Shipu with two spar torpedo boats. Spar torpedoes were superseded by the...
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    succeeded in trapping Yuyuen and Chengqing in Shipu Bay. On the night of 14 February, during the Battle of Shipu, a French torpedo attack crippled both ships:...
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    The Battle of Fuzhou, or Battle of Foochow, also known as the Battle of the Pagoda Anchorage (French: Combat naval de Fou-Tchéou, Chinese: 馬江海戰, 馬江之役...
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    Amédée Courbet (category Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour)
    succeeded in trapping Yuyuan and Chengqing in Shipu Bay. On the night of 14 February, in the Battle of Shipu, both ships were crippled during a daring French...
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    The following is a list of wars and battles involving China, organized by date. Bai Lang Rebellion (1911–1913) Second Chinese Revolution (1913) World...
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    Japanese in Korea. The result was the loss of two Chinese warships from the Nanyang Fleet at the Battle of Shipu (14 February 1885). Li's selfish attitude...
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    The Empress Dowager Cixi responded to the news of the destruction of China's Fujian Fleet at the Battle of Fuzhou (23 August 1884) by ordering her generals...
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    succeeded in trapping Yuyuan and Chengqing in Shipu Bay. On the night of 14 February, in the Battle of Shipu, the French attacked the Chinese vessels with...
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  • to: Battle of Shipu, French naval victory during the Sino-French War Ishiura, Japanese surname Seokpo station (석포역), station on the Yeongdong Line of Korail...
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    French cruiser Duguay-Trouin (1877) (category Cruisers of the French Navy)
    on the island of Formosa, including the Battle of Tamsui in October 1884, but she missed the Battle of Shipu in February 1885 as she had run low on fuel...
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    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...
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    Nanyang Fleet (category Military units and formations of the Qing dynasty)
    frigate Yuyuan and the composite sloop Chengqing were sunk in the Battle of Shipu (14 February 1885), the former by a French torpedo attack and the latter...
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    French Navy (redirect from Navy of France)
    Battle of Fuzhou, the Battle of Shipu, and the Pescadores Campaign. In Vietnam, the Navy helped wage the Tonkin Campaign which included the Battle of...
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    several of his ships to attack Chinese naval reinforcements at the Battle of Shipu. Villars was at that time stationed at Tainan on Formosa. Secret negotiations...
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    Liu Yongfu (category Heads of state of former countries)
    a French column at the Battle of Zhennan Pass (24 March 1885). In one particular military exploit, known as 'the storming of the thirteen passes', Liu's...
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    October 1884), the blockade of Formosa (October 1884 to April 1885), the Battle of Shipu (14 February 1885), the so-called Battle of Zhenhai (1 March 1885)...
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    Fujian Fleet (category Military units and formations of the Qing dynasty)
    the Battle of Fuzhou, the opening engagement of the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885). The Fujian Fleet, which would be the main target of the...
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  • terror attacks in France List of battles involving France (disambiguation) List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560 List of wars in the southern Low Countries...
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    took several of his ships to attack Chinese naval reinforcements at the Battle of Shipu. At that time, she was stationed on the northern end of the island...
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  • Battle of Shipu First Sino-Japanese War Battle of Yalu River (1894) Battle of Weihaiwei Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Wuhan Landing...
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    force at Foochow (Fuzhou) 1885 February 14 Battle of Shipu – French attack Chinese ships 1885 March 1 Battle of Zhenhai – Chinese fleet and coastal defenses...
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    Tang Jingsong (category Heads of state of former countries)
    defeat in the Battle of Paper Bridge on 19 May 1883, in which the French commandant supérieur Henri Rivière was killed. In the wake of this disaster,...
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  • The Battle of Hòa Mộc (2 March 1885) was the most fiercely fought action of the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885). At heavy cost, Colonel Giovanninelli's...
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    The Battle of Bang Bo, known in China as the Battle of Zhennan Pass (Chinese: 鎮南關之役), was a major Chinese victory during the Sino-French War (August 1884...
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  • Campaign 1885 Battle of Shipu 1885 Battle of Zhenhai 1885 Siege of Tuyên Quang 1885 Battle of Hòa Mộc 1885 Battle of Bang Bo 1885 Battle of Phu Lam Tao...
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    Zhang Peilun (category People of the Sino-French War)
    Admiral Amédée Courbet, at the Battle of Fuzhou (23 August 1884). Zhang had made no serious attempt to coordinate the resistance of the Fujian fleet, and was...
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