Lang Son Campaign
1885 French victory

The Lang Son campaign (3 to 13 February 1885) was a major French offensive in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) during the Sino-French War. The Tonkin Expeditionary Corps, under the command of General Louis Brière de l'Isle, defeated the Chinese Guangxi Army and captured the strategically important town of Lang Son in a ten-day campaign mounted under formidable logistical constraints.