Battle of Yu Oc

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Battle of Yu Oc
Part of the Sino-French War, Tonkin Campaign
Date 19 November 1884 Location south of Tuyên Quang, northern Vietnam 21°49′0.001″N 105°13′0.001″E / 21.81666694°N 105.21666694°E / 21.81666694; 105.21666694 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Black Flag Army
Commanders and leaders
Jacques Duchesne	Liu Yongfu
Strength
700 men	around 2,000 men
Casualties and losses
10 dead 37 wounded	several hundreds casualties[1]
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The Battle of Yu Oc (19 November 1884) was a French victory during the Sino-French War. The battle was fought to relieve the French garrison of Tuyên Quang, under siege by the Tang Jingsong's Yunnan Army and Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army. The French commander at Yu Oc, Colonel Jacques Duchesne, would later distinguish himself as the conqueror of Madagascar (1895).^[2]