Retreat from Lạng Sơn

Retreat from Lạng Sơn
Part of the Sino-French War
DateMarch 1885
Location
Lạng Sơn, northern Vietnam
Result Qing Chinese victory
Belligerents

 France

  Qing dynasty

The Retreat from Lạng Sơn (French: retraite de Lang-Son) was a controversial French strategic withdrawal in Tonkin at the end of March 1885 during the Sino-French War (August 1884 to April 1885). It represented the last major event of the conflict and was deemed a considerable embarrassment in France, further cementing negative public opinion about the colonial conflict which led to the collapse of French Prime Minister Jules Ferry's government.

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