siege, nineteenth century
Siege of Tourane
Siege of Tourane was a siege conducted on 1 September 1858 at Da Nang, in what is now Vietnam; it lasted 19 months. It was part of the French conquest of Vietnam, which ran from 1858 to 1885. The recorded result: Vietnamese victory.
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Where it sits in the French conquest of Vietnam
Record
| Date | 1 September 1858 to 22 March 1860 | |
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| Place | Da Nang, Vietnam 16.067N, 108.233E | |
| Kind | Siege, nineteenth century | |
| Strength | 1 50-gun frigate; 2 12-gun corvettes; 5 steam-gunboats; 5 steam transports; 1 despatch vessel; 1,000 French marine infantry; 550 Spanish infantry; 450 Filipino chasseurs Tagals | 2,000 men, rising to 10,000 men |
| Casualties and losses | 128 killed or wounded; ~300 deaths from cholera | 1,000+ killed |
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Nearest engagements
- Operation Auburn 1967, 25 km S
- Operation Macon 1966, 36 km SW
- Battle of Duc Duc 1974, 37 km S
- Battle of Thượng Đức 1974, 39 km SW
- Battle of Thượng Đức 1968, 39 km SW
In the same war
- Before: Cochinchina campaign 1858
- After: Battle of Ky Hoa February 1861
- All 6 engagements of French conquest of Vietnam
Elsewhere in 1858
- Battle of Grahovac Montenegro
- Battle of Taku Forts People's Republic of China
- Siege of Jhansi India
- Battle of Sanhe People's Republic of China
- Battle of Four Lakes United States
Siege of Tourane is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 269 in present-day Vietnam.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5361929, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tourane, revision 1370745941, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.