"Far East Squadron" . "Chinese victory" . . "1884-10-08Z"^^ . . . "23pxFrance" . "six warships" . "The Battle of Tamsui (Chinese: \u6DE1\u6C34\u4E4B\u5F79; French: combat de Tamsui) or Battle of Hobe (Chinese: \u6EEC\u5C3E\u4E4B\u5F79; literally: \"Hobe battle\"), fought on 8 October 1884, was a significant French defeat during the Sino-French War."@en . "17 dead, 49 wounded" . "Battle of Tamsui"@en . . . "1,000 infantry with supporting cannon" . "600 fusiliers-marins" . "China" . .