I te 30 o Hōngongoi 1883 Admiral Courbet, General Bouët me François-Jules Harmand, te Komihana-Tianara o Parani hou mo Tonkin, i tu he kaunihera o te pakanga i Haiphong. I whakaae nga tangata tokotoru kia whakaekea e Bouët he whakaeke ki te ope a Black Flag i ona tuunga huri noa i Phu Hoai i te Awa Day i te wa e taea ana. I kite hoki ratou kei te awhina a te Kooti o Huế i te ope a Liu Yongfu, a kei te whawhai tonu a Prince Hoàng ki nga French i Nam Định. Na reira i whakatau ratou, i runga i te akiaki a Huế, ki te taunaki i te kawanatanga French ki te patu i nga parekura Vietnamese o Huế, i whai ake i te tono a Vietnamese ki te whakaae ki te kaitiaki French ki te aro ki te whenua o Tonkin. I whakaaetia te tono whakamutunga e te minita o te moana i te Akuhata 11, 1883 I te ahiahi o te ra, e rua nga kaipuke moana i whakaeke atu ki te whenua i raro i te awa o Tonkin. I te
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