ordered Brière de l'Isle to 'capture Lạng Sơn as soon as possible'. Long-range planning for a campaign against Lạng Sơn had been underway for several months...

106.75778°E / 21.84778; 106.75778 Lạng Sơn (listen) is a city in far Northern Vietnam, and the capital of Lạng Sơn Province. It is accessible by road...

encircle Lạng Sơn and cut his supply line. Disregarding the appalled protests of some of his officers, he ordered the 2nd Brigade to abandon Lạng Sơn on the...

a temporary stalemate. In February 1885, in the Lạng Sơn Campaign, the French had captured Lạng Sơn and driven China's Guangxi Army out of Tonkin. In...

primarily at the city of Lạng Sơn, a few kilometres from the Sino-Vietnamese border. After capturing the northern heights above Lạng Sơn, the Chinese surrounded...

valley to the west of Lạng Sơn. The occupation of Lạng Sơn on 13 February gave the French control of the Mandarin Road from Lạng Sơn all the way back to...

by the controversial Retreat from Lạng Sơn. The retreat, which threw away the gains of the February Lạng Sơn Campaign, was ordered by Lieutenant-Colonel...

Battle of Lạng Sơn may refer to: Lạng Sơn Campaign in 1885, a French offensive during the Sino-French War Battle of Lạng Sơn in September 1940, fought...

only a few days at Lạng Sơn to resupply his troops, Brière de l'Isle marched personally with Giovanninelli's 1st Brigade from Lạng Sơn back to Hanoi, and...

Brigade, was also at Lạng Sơn. The battery had lagged behind during the Lạng Sơn Campaign, and Giovanninelli had left it at Lạng Sơn when he set out with...