French cemetery

French cemetery

From 1885 onwards, the Yen The Uprising movement developed strongly, so the French colonialists established a system of posts to fight the uprising movement led by Luong Van Tam, then Hoang Hoa Tham. They established Nha Nam, Bi Noi, Cao Thuong, Bo Ha stations... from which they organized sweeping operations to suppress the French insurgents who clashed with the Yen The insurgents in many villages and communes. base areas such as the battle of Mac village (1885), the battle of Sat village (1889), the battle of Cao Thuong (1890), the battle of Ho Chuoi (1890- 1891), the battles along the banks of the Soi River in the areas: Don Hom, Kham Nghe, De Trung, De Truat, Thong Phuc, De Lam (1892), Phon Xuong, Don Den, Rung Phe (1909), Ngan Van (1911)... In those battles, they suffered many defeats. Many enemies were destroyed but the movement still could not be suppressed. The names of French and Vietnamese officers and soldiers who died in campaigns due to the fighting methods of the insurgents were brought back and buried in cemeteries in Voi (Lang Giang), Bo Ha (Yen The), Nha Nam (Tan Yen)... The French cemetery in Nha Nam is one of the cemeteries formed like that. The current French cemetery is located in Nha Nam commune, Tan Yen district, about 23km northwest of Bac Giang city. From 1885 onwards, the Yen The Uprising movement developed strongly, so the French colonialists established a system of posts to fight the uprising movement led by Luong Van Tam and then Hoang Hoa Tham. They established Nha Nam, Bi Noi, Cao Thuong, Bo Ha stations... from which they organized sweeping operations to suppress the French insurgents who clashed with the Yen The insurgents in many villages and communes. base areas such as the battle of Mac village (1885), the battle of Sat village (1889), the battle of Cao Thuong (1890), the battle of Ho Chuoi (1890- 1891), the battles along the banks of the Soi River in the areas: Don Hom, Kham Nghe, De Trung, De Truat, Thong Phuc, De Lam (1892), Phon Xuong, Don Den, Rung Phe (1909), Ngan Van (1911)... In those battles, they suffered many defeats. Many enemies were destroyed but the movement still could not be suppressed. The names of French and Vietnamese officers and soldiers who died in campaigns due to the fighting methods of the insurgents were brought back and buried in cemeteries in Voi (Lang Giang), Bo Ha (Yen The), Nha Nam (Tan Yen)... The French cemetery in Nha Nam is one of the cemeteries formed like that. The current French cemetery is located in Nha Nam commune, Tan Yen district, about 23 km northwest of Bac Giang city. The French cemetery is located on a small hillside that used to belong to La village in Nha Nam. This village was completely destroyed by the Black Flag army. There are many graves in the cemetery grounds and are divided into two types: The first type is tombs built of square and rectangular stones. This is a type of grave for officers. The second type is a soldier's grave covered in soil with a stone stele. Among the French officers' graves, there are two graves lined with square blue stone slabs and rectangular stone slabs with French characters engraved on them. All the graves in this cemetery have now been leveled with no trace of their graves left. Only large, heavy stones remained scattered in the hillside village. At the Bac Giang Museum, a stele was collected clearly stating that the person buried here was Nguyen Van To who died in Ho Chuoi (1890-1891). This small stele said that it was a Vietnamese soldier buried in a dirt grave. The green stone blocks covering the tombs are very large and come in many sizes. There are two square blocks of stone on which two circles have been carved on both sides, symbolizing olive branches wrapped with a silk ribbon. It is the French symbol for those who died for France. The front side is engraved with many words recording the names and reasons of those who died in battle in Yen The. The French cemetery and Phu Hill have become places marking events that cannot be ignored in the history of Yen The - Tan Yen today. It is a piece of evidence that contributes to helping people of all walks of life understand more about the Yen The uprising movement led by Hoang Hoa Tham and about the August Revolution in 1945. Here the local government built the stele marking the August Revolution of 1945 on Phu Hill to educate patriotic traditions for future generations. SOURCE TAN YEN DISTRICT ELECTRONIC INFORMATION PORTAL

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