Yên Thế Insurrection

Yên Thế Insurrection
Khởi nghĩa Yên Thế
Part of French Indochina

Map of Bắc Giang Province in 1909.
Date1884–1913
Location
Result

Victory of the French Forces :

  • The uprising suppressed.
  • Yên Thế Barracks fallen.
Belligerents

French Indochina

Yên Thế Barracks

  • Trung Châu Insurgent Force

Black Flag Army

Tai Canton
Commanders and leaders
Governor-General Paul Doumer
Superior-Resident Louis Jules Morel
General Voiron
Colonel Bataille
Mayor Galliéni
Official Lê Hoan
Lương Văn Nắm
Hoàng Hoa Thám
Thân Bá Phức
Đỗ Văn Hùng
Đặng Thị Nhu
Hoàng Đức Trọng
Nguyễn Thiện Tuyển
Lương Tam Kỳ
Đèo Văn Trị
Strength
2,700 15,000
Casualties and losses
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The Yên Thế Insurrection or officially Yên Thế Uprising (Vietnamese: Khởi nghĩa Yên Thế) was a 25-year-long popular revolt in Yên Thế Rural District of Tonkin, against the French protectorate and in defiance of the Nguyễn Dynasty's collaborative stance.