 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Vashandi vepachiteshi cheHong Kong muWhampoa Dock, Hung Hom vakatanga kuramwa basa vachipesana neFrance musi wa11 September 1884 kuti varambe kupindira kweFrancemuIndochina, South China Sea, neTaiwan. Vashandi vakabatanidzwa vakasungwa neRoyal Hong Kong Police ndokubhadhariswa faindi nedare. Izvozvo zvakateverwa nemhirizhonga yakatanga musi wa3 October. Kukurukurirana pakati pehurumende nevapanduki pakupedzisira kwakaguma nokudzorerwa kwemari yacho kuvashandi. Kuramwa basa kwenguva refu nokumukira kwakakanganisa kugadziriswa kwezvikepe zveFrance nezvokupa. VaFrench vakatarisana nekukundwa kwakawanda kwemauto muIndochina neTaiwan mukupera kwa1884 uye kutanga kwa1885, asi vakapedzisira vabudirira mune zvematongerwo enyika nekuzivikanwa kweFrance kudzivirira pamusoro peAnnam neTonkin muChibvumirano cheTientsin chakagumiswa musi wa9 Chikumi 1885. 