Haw wars

Haw Wars

Siamese army during Haw wars in 1875
Date1865–1890
Location
Northern Laos, western Vietnam, northern Thailand
Result Siamese victory
Belligerents
Haw rebels (Red flag and Striped flag bands)

Siam

Commanders and leaders
Unknown Chulalongkorn
Surasakmontri
Oun Kham

The Haw Wars (Thai: สงครามปราบฮ่อ) were fought against Chinese quasi-military refugee gangs invading parts of Tonkin and the Laos from 1865–1890. Forces invading Lao domains were ill-disciplined and freely demolished Buddhist temples. Not knowing these were remnants of secret societies, the invaders were wrongly called Haw (Lao: ຫໍ້; Thai: ฮ่อ; Chinese: Hao). Forces sent by King Rama V failed to suppress the various groups, the last of which eventually disbanded in 1890.

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