The Battle of Foochow occurred in August 1884 during the Sino-French War. The Fukien Fleet, recently built by the Chinese was utterly destroyed while at anchor by a French fleet, which opened fire without a declaration of war, in a brief battle lasting a little over thirty minutes. 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... The Franco-Chinese War lasted from September 1881 to 1885. ...
The battle heralded a change in the balance of power in the region, and revealed the many ineffiencies that existed in the Chinese government and military at that time.
Fuzhou (Chinese: ç¦å·ž; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Fu-chou; SLC: Hùk-cieu; also seen as Foochow or Fuchow) is a city on the coast of China, the largest city in and capital of Fujian province. ...
The Battle of Foochow occurred in August of 1885 during the Sino-French War[?].
The modern navy recently built by China was utterly destroyed while at anchor by the forces of France in a brief battle lasting a little over thirty minutes.
The battle heralded a change in the balance of power in the region, and helped indrectly to lead to the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95.
The Yalu River is the border between Korea and China, though the battle was actually fought at the mouth of this river, in the Korea Bay (Yellow Sea).
The engagement raged for most of the day, and while not the first engagement of pre-dreadnought technology on a wide scale (the Battle of Foochow in 1884 between the French and Chinese predates this) there were significant lessons for naval observers to consider.
Prior to the battle with the Japanese, the vessels and armaments of the Chinese fleet were examined, and the ships were repainted.
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