Amédée Courbet Military person

Anatole-Amédée-Prosper Courbet (26 June 1827 – 11 June 1885) was a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign (1883–86) and the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885).

Personal facts

Amédée Courbet
Birth dateJune 26, 1827
Birth place
Picardy , Abbeville
Date of deathJune 11, 1885
Place of death
Taiwan , Magong Taiwan , Penghu

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Military person

award
Médaille militaire
Legion of Honour
military operations
Battle of Shipu
Battle of Fuzhou
Sino-French War
Battle of Thuận An
Battle of Zhenhai
Pescadores Campaign
Keelung Campaign
Sơn Tây Campaign
military commandFar East Squadron
service start1849
service end1885

Amédée Courbet on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://bstorg.free.fr/Courbet/biocourb.htm