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2 unusual facts about Sébastien Lespès


Sébastien Lespès

In late March 1885, in the Pescadores Campaign, Courbet took personal command of the naval expedition.

He delivered a moving tribute to his predecessor at a memorial service for Courbet at Makung on 13 June attended by the sailors of the Far East Squadron and the marine infantry of the Formosa expeditionary corps that had fought the Pescadores Campaign.


Liu Mingchuan

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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