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Battle of Hanoi (1882)

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Battle of Hanoi
Date25 April 1882
Location
Result French victory
Belligerents
French Third Republic France Nguyễn dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Henri Rivière
Berthe de Villers
Hoàng Diệu 
Lê Trực
Strength

555 men[1]: 349 

  • 405 marines
  • 130 sailors
  • 20 tirailleurs
4 gunboats
A few thousand
Casualties and losses
4 wounded[1]: 353  40 killed
20 wounded

The Battle of Hanoi on 25 April 1882, was the illegal capture by French naval captain Henri Rivière, acting without his superiors' orders. The French handed the city back later.[2]

The Citadel of Hanoi was almost totally unprepared and the entire attack lasted less than an hour, and ended with only four French soldiers wounded. The Nguyễn dynasty Vietnamese defenders suffered heavy losses including, at his own hand, Governor Hoàng Diệu, following the dispatch of a final message to the Emperor Tự Đức in Huế.[3][4][5][6]

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Background

Map of Hà Nội in 1873

When Hoàng Diệu first assumed the Governor of Hà Ninh in early 1880, he recognized the important position of Hà Nội "as the throat of Bắc Hà", and "once Hà Nội collapsed fall, the other provinces will also fall apart."

The Nguyễn dynasty built Hà Nội citadel following the French Vauban style from the late 17th century. The citadel was built in a square shape with each side 1 km long. The wall was built of box bricks, the bottom layer was made of bluestone, the upper layer was made of laterite. The citadel has 5 gates: Northern Gate, Eastern Gate, Southeastern Gate, Southwestern Gate, and Western Gate.[7][8]

Using the excuse that the Nguyễn dynasty did not respect the Treaty of Saigon (1874),[1]: 318–320  continued to have relations with the Qing dynasty, tolerated the Black Flag Army, hindered trade on the Red River as well as discrimination against overseas French. In early March 1882, the Governor of Nam Kỳ, Le Myre de Vilers, sent Captain Henri Rivière leading 2 gunboats carried 2 marines companies, 1 cannon section, 1 tirailleur section to Bắc Kỳ.

On 1 April 1882, the two gunboats, La Drac and La Parseval, arrived in Hải Phòng. On 3 April 1882, French reinforcement landed in Hà Nội and stationed at Đồn Thủy concession (a former base of Đại Nam navy). Henri Rivière announced that he was leading troops to deal with the Black Flag Army and protect overseas French. At that time, the French had two companies of marines and infantry, commanded by Major Berthe de Villers to protect the French Consulate.[1]: 345–347 [9]

Governor Hoàng Diệu

On the first day of Henri Riève's arrival in Hà Nội, Hoàng Diệu authorized mandarins Tuần vũ and Án sát [vi] to welcome him. Seeing the French army coming in large numbers and intending to station in the citadel, Hoàng Diệu urged the defense and ordered to bring back more troops from surrounding provinces. The commander of the French army asked the Đại Nam side to withdraw their troops and cancel all defense work, of course Hoàng Diệu did not accept. There were a few French officers who wanted to walk into the citadel, but the guards wouldn't let them in. Henri Riève immediately ordered naval commander Fiaschi to take a sailors company and lieutenant De Motoignault to take a half marines company from Hải Phòng to Hà Nội on four gunboats: La Fanfare, La Suprise, La Massue, La Carabine.[1]: 349 

Captain Henri Rivière

Battle

On 25 April 1882, Captain Rivière sent Governor Hoàng an ultimatum at 5 A.M, declared that until 8 A.M, without a troop withdrawal, and the Vietnamese military officers do not come to surrender at Đồn Thủy, the French will attack the citadel and will rearrange everything so that there is no harm to them.[1]: 349 

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Việt sử Tân biên, Vol.5, Phạm Văn Sơn" (PDF). tusachtiengviet.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. ^ "The French army attacked the citadel of Hanoi for the second time 1882". baotanglichsu.vn. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. ^ Bradley Camp Davis, States of banditry: The Nguyen government, bandit rule, and the ... - Page 232 University of Washington - 2008 "Consistent with his threat and to the great shock of Hoang Dieu, Riviere occupied the citadel on April 26. The entire attack lasted less than an hour, and ended with only four French soldiers wounded.15 Hoang Dieu, defeated and ashamed, ."
  4. ^ Đình Hoà Nguyêñ From the city inside the Red River: a cultural memoir of Hanoi Page 76 - 1999 "The governor was said to have sent an apologetic message to the emperor (based in Hue) to confess his failure in defending the citadel with an outnumbered and out-equipped army. At any rate, Hoàng Diệu dismounted from his elephant,"
  5. ^ Knowledge on Viet Nam through ancient post cards Khắc Cần Nguyễn, Cao Lê Nguyễn, Thị Thu Hằng Đoàn - 2002 "In 1883, Hanoi Provincial Governor Hoàng Diệu committed suicide_and was buried near the Education Hall (now the new Hanoi Railway Station) in Trấn Quý Cáp Street.
  6. ^ Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O - Page 433 Tony Jaques - 2007 "Carrying 250 reinforcements, his ships then bombarded the citadel and took it by storni after Governor Hoang Dieu hanged himself to avoid capture."
  7. ^ "Hoàng Diệu (1829 – 1882)". dienban.quangnam.gov.vn. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  8. ^ "On exhibition 19th century Hanoi Citadel documents". m.hanoitimes.vn. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  9. ^ "The French concession in Hanoi". archives.org.vn. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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