Vietnamese revolutionaries

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Chapters: Ho Chi Minh, Le Duc Tho, Truong Dinh, Phan Boi Chau, Phan Dinh Phung, Phan Xich Long, Hoang Van Chi, Nguyen Trung Truc, Phan Khoi, Phan Chu Trinh, Nguyen Thuong Hien, Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Ta Thu Thau, Nguyen Than Hien, Thành Thái, Ngo Duc Ke, Nguyen Thanh, Hàm Nghi, Nguyen Quyen, Nguyen Hai Than, Cüng п, Kim Dong, Phùng Hung, Nguy¿n Thái H¿c, Tôn Th¿t Thuy¿t, Huynh Thuc Khang, Tong Duy Tan, Cao Thang, Nguyen Xuan On, Pham Banh. Excerpt: Truong пnh (1820 ¿ August 19, 1864), sometimes known as Truong Công пnh, was a mandarin in the Nguy¿n Dynasty of Vietnam under Emperor T¿ пc. He is best known for leading a guerrilla army in southern Vietnam against the French invasion in defiance of the emperor. He refused to recognise the 1862 Treaty of Saigon that ceded Vietnamese territory to France. The son of a military mandarin from central Vietnam, пnh moved south when his father was posted to Gia пnh as the provincial commander. пnh grew up to lead a military colony, overseeing the settlement and economic development of his constituency. He gained a reputation for being an able leader and land developer who cared for his people. When France began its invasion of southern Vietnam in 1859, пnh organised local militia to reinforce the imperial army. As the regular army units suffered defeats on the battlefield, its remnants joined пnh¿s partisans, and by 1861, he had around 6,000 men under his command. пnh built his own resistance base and organised guerrilla attacks against the French. His success led T¿ пc to grant пnh command of the southern partisans and to order the regular commanders to coordinate their plans with him. пnh¿s forces quickly gained the respect of the French. They focused on disrupting the French bureaucracy and military posts in addition to the transportation of rice. Their most notable attack was the sinking of the L¿Esperance in December 1861. Amid growing military setbacks, Vietnam signed the Treaty of Saigon in June 1862, losing three southern provinces which became the French colony of Cochinchina. T¿ пc hoped that by abiding by the treaty, Vietnam could eventually negotiate the future return of the territory. He ordered the partisans to disband, but пnh refused to recognise the treaty and disobeyed the monarch, fighting on in defense of his homeland. With the loss of imperial support, пnh¿s forces began to struggle against the superior resources of the French. His men