Battle of Fuzhou

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battle of the Sino-French War naval battle

The Battle of Fuzhou was a major 1884 naval engagement in which the French Far East Squadron decisively destroyed much of the Chinese Fujian Fleet, marking a pivotal moment in the Sino-French War.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Fuzhou Campaign	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Sino-French War ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Foochow NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Pagoda Anchorage NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	French Far East Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ French Third Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Fujian Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	French attempt to force Chinese recognition of a protectorate over Vietnam ⓘ breakdown of negotiations between France and Qing China over Tonkin ⓘ
ChineseCommander	Zhang Peilun NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatantStrength	Chinese Fujian Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ French Far East Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Amédée Courbet NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhang Peilun NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Sino-French War NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	French control of the Min River approaches ⓘ destruction of much of the Fujian Fleet ⓘ weakening of Qing naval forces in the region ⓘ
country	Qing China NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	1884-08-23 ⓘ
destroyed	Chinese warships of the Fujian Fleet ⓘ
followedBy	French naval operations along the Chinese coast ⓘ
historicalPeriod	age of steam navies ⓘ late Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Foochow Arsenal NERFINISHED ⓘ Fuzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Min River NERFINISHED ⓘ
navalCommander	Admiral Amédée Courbet NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	destroy the Fujian Fleet ⓘ neutralize Chinese naval power at Fuzhou ⓘ
outcome	decisive French victory ⓘ
partOf	19th-century naval warfare ⓘ Sino-French War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Tensions over Tonkin between France and Qing China ⓘ
relatedEvent	Sino-French War in Tonkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedPlace	Fujian Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	French victory ⓘ
significance	demonstrated French naval superiority over Qing China ⓘ pivotal moment in the Sino-French War ⓘ
theatre	East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Min River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ
tookPlaceNear	Foochow Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	fleet action ⓘ
weaponUsed	ironclad warships ⓘ naval artillery ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ
year	1884 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sino-French War → notableBattle → Battle of Fuzhou ⓘ

Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign → followedBy → Battle of Fuzhou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fuzhou Campaign