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Ambush on Nhật Tao Canal
- When
- 10 December 1861
- Where
- Nhật Tảo canal
Nguyễn Trung Trực's forces burned the French lorcha L'Espérance on the Nhật Tao canal on 10 December 1861.
On 10 December 1861, Nguyễn Trung Trực led a seaborne attack that resulted in the burning of the French lorcha L'Espérance on the Nhật Tảo canal. This event was the most notable of the seaborne attacks conducted by Trực's resistance forces in southern Vietnam during the 1860s.
Sources
- Nguyễn Trung Trực Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-07
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