Vietnam: Most Current News On Vietnam
The French Revolution intervened and Pigneaux’s ambition seemed for naught. Undaunted, Pigneaux went to the French territory of Pondicherry, India. He secured two ships, a regiment of Indian troops, and a handful of volunteers and returned to Vietnam in 1788. One particular of Pigneaux’s volunteers, Jean-Marie Dayot, reorganized Nguyễn Ánh’s navy along European lines and defeated the Tây Sơn navy at Quy Nhơn in 1792. Another volunteer, Victor Olivier de…Read More