Battle of Foochow
The
Battle of Foochow occurred in August of
1885 during the
Sino-French War. The modern navy recently built by
China was utterly destroyed while at anchor by the forces of
France in a brief battle lasting a little over thirty minutes.
The battle heralded a change in the balance of power in the region, and helped indirectly to lead to the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.
See also: Fuzhou