[Rarebooks] FS: Admiral Courbet -1886 Funeral Oration - Tonkin Campaign

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"Oraison Funebre de l’Admiral Courbet. Prononcee le 1er aout 1885, a
Poitiers dans ‘Eglise de Montierneuf...par l’Abbe Fremont"

Published in Paris by Librairie Berche et Tralin in 1886.

Anatole-Amédée-Prosper Courbet [1827–1885), was a French admiral who won a
series of important land and naval victories in Vietnam and China during
the Tonkin campaign (1883–86) and the Sino-French War (1884–1885). In 1883
Courbet was placed in charge of the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps, and in a
series of attacks he defeated the “Black Flag” forces, who were supported
by China. He was subsequently placed in command of the French Far East
Squadron, which defeated the Chinese Navy in a series of actions off
Formosa in early 1885. The heat and climate of the Near East started a
cholera epidemic in the French fleet in the spring of 1885, and Admiral
Courbet succumbed himself in June, his body being returned to France for a
state funeral. Three French naval ships have been named in honor of the
Admiral, including a modern stealth frigate, now in service.

Softcover. 5.5”x8”, 62 pages. Decorative headpiece and tailpiece. Covers
soiled, and with wear and chipping around the edges [see scan, below].
Contents clean.  $60~

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