Sébastien-Nicolas-Joachim Lespès (French pronunciation: [sebastjɛ̃ nikɔlɑ ʒɔ.aʃɛ̃ lɛspɛ]; 13 March 1828 – 24 August 1897) was a French admiral who played...
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– Jules Verne, French science fiction author (d. 1905) March 13 – Sébastien Lespès, French admiral (d. 1897) March 17 – Patrick Cleburne, Irish soldier...
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Jervois, British military engineer and diplomat (b. 1821) August 24 Sébastien Lespès, French admiral (b. 1828) Mutsu Munemitsu, Japanese statesman, diplomat...
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of what would follow if the Chinese were recalcitrant, Rear Admiral Sébastien Lespès destroyed three Chinese shore batteries in the port of Keelung in northern...
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1884, when the news of the Bắc Lệ ambush broke, the French admiral Sébastien Lespès, commander of the Far East naval division, was cruising off Che-foo...
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Sino-French War, was placed under Courbet's command, with Admiral Sébastien Lespès (the commander of the Far East naval division) second in command. Courbet's...
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French interest in Keelung dated from February 1884, when Admiral Sébastien Lespès, the commander of France's Far East naval division, had recommended...
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against a threatened French invasion. On 5 August 1884 Rear Admiral Sébastien Lespès destroyed three Formosan shore batteries in the port of Keelung in...
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Fujian, to strengthen Taiwan's defenses on 16 July. On 5 August 1884, Sébastien Lespès bombarded Keelung's harbor and destroyed the gun placements. The next...
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invaded Taiwan during the Keelung Campaign in 1884. On 5 August 1884, Sébastien Lespès bombarded Keelung's harbor and destroyed the gun placements. The next...
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French personalities Amédée Courbet Marc-Edmond Dominé Jacques Duchesne Sébastien Lespès François de Négrier Jules Ferry Louis Brière de l'Isle Chinese personalities...
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[sailors] who died at Makung'). A third obelisk, erected by Admiral Sébastien Lespès as a monument to Courbet's memory, was removed in 1954, but its marble...
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Keelung on 5 August 1884, directed by Rear Admiral Lespès. The landing force put ashore by Lespès on the afternoon of 5 August to occupy Keelung consisted...
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French personalities Amédée Courbet Marc-Edmond Dominé Jacques Duchesne Sébastien Lespès François de Négrier Jules Ferry Louis Brière de l'Isle Chinese personalities...
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French personalities Amédée Courbet Marc-Edmond Dominé Jacques Duchesne Sébastien Lespès François de Négrier Jules Ferry Louis Brière de l'Isle Chinese personalities...
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Fujian, to strengthen Taiwan's defenses on 16 July. On 5 August 1884, Sébastien Lespès bombarded Keelung's harbor and destroyed the gun placements. The next...
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French personalities Amédée Courbet Marc-Edmond Dominé Jacques Duchesne Sébastien Lespès François de Négrier Jules Ferry Louis Brière de l'Isle Chinese personalities...
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Meanwhile, a second French force under the command of Rear Admiral Sébastien Lespès prepared to attack Tamsui. Liu Mingchuan took measures to reinforce...
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ships to resume the Keelung campaign, while his deputy, Rear Admiral Sébastien Lespès, took the remainder, centered on La Galissonnière, Triomphante, and...
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French personalities Amédée Courbet Marc-Edmond Dominé Jacques Duchesne Sébastien Lespès François de Négrier Jules Ferry Louis Brière de l'Isle Chinese personalities...
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French personalities Amédée Courbet Marc-Edmond Dominé Jacques Duchesne Sébastien Lespès François de Négrier Jules Ferry Louis Brière de l'Isle Chinese personalities...
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French personalities Amédée Courbet Marc-Edmond Dominé Jacques Duchesne Sébastien Lespès François de Négrier Jules Ferry Louis Brière de l'Isle Chinese personalities...
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Bonard Francis Garnier † Jules Ferry Henri Rivière † Amédée Courbet Sébastien Lespès Louis Brière de l'Isle Jacques Duchesne Isabella II of Spain Carlos...
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French personalities Amédée Courbet Marc-Edmond Dominé Jacques Duchesne Sébastien Lespès François de Négrier Jules Ferry Louis Brière de l'Isle Chinese personalities...
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French personalities Amédée Courbet Marc-Edmond Dominé Jacques Duchesne Sébastien Lespès François de Négrier Jules Ferry Louis Brière de l'Isle Chinese personalities...
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French personalities Amédée Courbet Marc-Edmond Dominé Jacques Duchesne Sébastien Lespès François de Négrier Jules Ferry Louis Brière de l'Isle Chinese personalities...
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French personalities Amédée Courbet Marc-Edmond Dominé Jacques Duchesne Sébastien Lespès François de Négrier Jules Ferry Louis Brière de l'Isle Chinese personalities...
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Jean Jauréguiberry François de Mahy Jules Grévy - 10 Contre-amiral Sébastien Lespès 28 February 1883 14 July 1885 2 years, 136 days François de Mahy Charles...
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French personalities Amédée Courbet Marc-Edmond Dominé Jacques Duchesne Sébastien Lespès François de Négrier Jules Ferry Louis Brière de l'Isle Chinese personalities...
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