Pescadores Campaign (1885)
Naval and coastal battles
- Fuzhou (23 August 1884 to 26 August 1884)
- Tamsui (8 October 1884)
- Shipu (14 February 1885)
- Zhenhai (1 March 1885)
Vietnam
- Kep (2 to 15 October 1884)
- Yu Oc (19 November 1884)
- Tuyen Quang (24 November 1884 to 3 March 1885)
- Nui Bop (3 to 4 January 1885)
- 1st Lang Son (3 to 13 February 1885)
- Dong Dang (23 February 1885)
- Hoa Moc (2 March 1885)
- Phu Lam Tao (23 March 1885)
- Bang Bo (24 March 1885)
- 2nd Lang Son (24 March 1885 to April 1885)
Taiwan
- Keelung (August 1884 to March 1885)
- Pescadores (March 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). It was fought to capture a strategically important island group off the western coast of Taiwan. Admiral Amédée Courbet, with part of the French Far East Squadron, bombarded the Chinese coastal defences around the principal town of Makung (馬公) on P'eng-hu Island (P'eng-hu tao, 澎湖島) and landed a battalion of marine infantry which routed the Chinese defenders and occupied Makung.
The Pescadores were occupied by the French until July 1885 and Admiral Courbet, by then a national hero in France, died aboard his flagship Bayard in Makung harbour during the occupation.
Read more about Pescadores Campaign (1885): Background, French and Chinese Forces, The Campaign, Courbet's Flotilla in The Pescadores Campaign, Significance of The Campaign, The French Occupation of The Pescadores
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