It was rumoured that he intended to flee south to Tek-cham (竹塹, modern Hsinchu, 新竹), and his arrival in Taipei was greeted with rioting.
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On 5 August 1884 Rear Admiral Sébastien Lespès destroyed three Chinese shore batteries in the port of Keelung in northern Formosa by naval bombardment.
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This achievement fell far short of what had been hoped for, and condemned the French to a long and frustrating campaign around Keelung.
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Several of his bodyguards were killed and he himself was arrested and held for several days in the city's Lungshan temple.
The university was named after the famous progressive Qing Dynasty governor of Taiwan Liu Mingchuan.
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