Piotr Olender - Sino-French Naval War 1884-1885

Chinese names Index (in the Wade-Giles and pinyin transcription).

Amoy (town) Xiamen (actually)

Chang Chih-tung Zhang Zhidong

Chang Chenga (commander of Yang Wu ) Zhang Cheng

Chang Pei-lun (commander of Fukien sqn.) Zhang Peilun

Chekiang (Chechiang) (Chinese province) Zhejiang

Chihli (Chinese province) Zhili

Ching (dynasty, prince) Quing

Changmen (Foochow, White Fort) Changmen

Chang Chao-tung (gub. of Chinese province) Hang Zhaodong

Chen Ying (commander of Fu Hsing ) Zheng Ying

Chenhai (port) Zhenhai

Chou Shan-chu (gen., Pescadores) Zhou Shanchu

Chusan (port, island) Zhusan

Couding (fort)

Diuli (Tiuli) (fort, Pescadores) Diuli

Erhshawan (fort in Keelung) Ershawan

Feng Tzu-tsai (Gen.) Feng Zicai

Foochow (Fuchow) (town) Fuzhou

Fukien (Chinese province) Fujian

Hanchou (town) Hanzhou

Hoanpu (town) Heanbu

Hongkongu (town)

Hsiaochi (fort, Pescadores) Xiaoji

Hsiyu (island, Pescadores) Xiyou

Hsu Shou-shen (commander Chen Wei ) Xu Shoushen

Huahaoshan (fort in Keelung) Huahaoshan

Hunan (Chinese province) Hunan

Huohaoshang (hill in Keelung) Huahaoshang

Hunan (Chinese province) Hunan

Kao Teng-yun (commander Fei Yuan ) Gao Dengyun

Keelung (town) Jilong

Kiangnan (Chiangnan) (arsenal) Jiangnan

Kimpai (Kimpai) (fort) Jinpai

Kintan (island close to Sheipoo) Kindan

Kintang (island on river Yung) Kindang

Koului (Kowlu, Koulueh) (bat.) Goulu (Goulue)

Kung (prince) Gong

Kwangchou (Canton) (town) Ganzhou

Kwangsi (Kuangsi) (Chinese province) Guangxi

Kwangtung (Kuangtung) (Chinese province) Guangdong

Li Hung-chang (Chinese politician) Li Hongzhang

Lin Sen-lin (commander Chien Sheng ) Lin Senlin

Lin Tse-yu (commander I Hsin ) Lin Zeyu

Liu Ming chuan (Gen.) Liu Mingchuan

Liu Wen-ying (commander Fu Po ) Liu Wenying

Liu Yung-fu (Gen.) Liu Yongfu

Loanloan (viliage close to Keelung) Loanloan

Lokato (town close to Keelung) Logaduo

Losing (island on Min river) Losing

Lushun (Port Arthur) (town) Lushun

Makung (port, Pescadores) Magong

Matsu (anchorage) Mazu

Min (river) Min

Mingan (fort) Mangan (Minan)

Mu Tu-shan (Gen.) Mu Tushan

Nankou (port) Nangou

Nanyang (Fleet) Nanyang

Niaotsuichien (hills close to Keelung) Niaozuijian

Ningpo (town) Ningbo

Niumio (Niumiu) (island close to Sheipoo) Niumiu

Peisha (island, Pescadores) Beisha

Peiyang (fleet) Beiyang

Penghu (island, Pescadores) Penghu

Sanmoon (Sanmen) (bay) Sanmen

Shenoushan (hill close to Keelung) Shenoushen

Shanghai (town) Shanghai

Sheipoo (Sheipu) (port) Shipu, Sheipu

Sikiang (Hsikiang) (river) Xijiang

Siukueikang (Sukuaikang) (villiage, Pescadores) Siuguaigang

Sun Kai-hua (Gen.) Sun Kaihua

Tainan (port) Tainan

Taipei (Taipakfu) (town) Taibei

Taiping Taibing

Taiwan (island) Taiwan

Tamsui (town) Tamsui (Huwei)

Tang Ching-sunga (Gen.) Dang Jingsong

Tashawan (fort in Keelung) Dashawan

Tientsin (town) Tianjin

Ting Ju-chang (Adm.) Ding Ruzhang

Tseng Chi-tse Zeng Jize

Tseng Kuo-chuan Tseng Kuochuan

Tseng Kuo-fan Zeng Guofan

Tso Tsung-tang Zuo Zongtang

Tsu Hsi Cu Xi

Tsungli Yamen Zongli Yamen

Tungnun (island close to Sheipoo) Dongnun

Wenchou (town) Wenzhou

Wufou (Woufou) (island on Min river) Wufou

Woga (Woha) (fort) Woha

Wu An-kang (Adm.) Wu Ankang

Wukengshan (Hill close to Keelung) Wukengshan

Wusung (town) Wusong

Yangtze (river) Yangzi

Yeh Chen (commander Fu Sheng ) Ye Zhen

Yuehmeishan (fort close to Keelung) Yuemeishan

Yuhnan (port) Yuenan

Yung (river) Yong

Yunnan (province.) Yunnan

Yuwegh (Yuweng) (island, Pescadores) Youweng

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French armoured cruiser Bayard

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Photo sources: The Graphic; The Illustrated London News; LIllustration; Hynek V., Kluina P., Vlen lod., Praha 1986; Maritime Photo Library; Marius Bar; Le Monde Illustr; E. Petit, Le Tong-kin, Paris 1892; M. Rolle de lIsle, Au Tonkin et dance les meres de Chine, Paris 1886, Chinese Warships History Monthly, authors collection.

Foreword

This book is about the Sino-French War, which came about as a result of the rivalry between those countries over their influence in Vietnam. Although there was no official declaration of war, the conflict is named as such by the historians, and rightly so due to its scale and the forces involved on both sides. For France, the war with China was one of the largest colonial conflicts before World War I and certainly the largest in terms of the involvement of its naval forces. This book is mainly focused on naval operations, although, to give the reader the whole picture of the conflict, land operations, both in Tonkin (North Vietnam) and Taiwan are alluded to. There is in fact a significant overlap between land and sea operations, as the French gunboat flotillas operating on the Tonkinese rivers played an important part in the military operations.

The war itself broke out in 1884, but events leading up to it from the middle of the 19th Century are described. The genesis of the conflict and description of its early stages is essential to understand further developments. The book also contains a chapter devoted to a comparison of the belligerents military strength, in respect of both their naval and army forces. Description of the military operations is supplemented with annexes: a breakdown of the Chinese Navy at the time of the war period, and French Navy list of all warships involved in the conflict, as well as the naval artillery used by both sides.

The book is illustrated, including maps and profiles of both the Chinese and French warships to give as comprehensive a sense of the conflict as possible.

The Chinese names are given in the Wade-Giles transcription. For geographical names and names indexes the pinyin transcription is also given. For the names of warships the Pinyin transcription is provided in the Chinese Navy list.