Battle of Chương Dương

The Battle of Chương Dương (1285) was a battle between joint Cham–Vietnamese forces led by Prince Trần Quốc Tuấn and Duke Trần Quang Khải against the Mongol-led Yuan force under Mongol general Sogetu in late June 1285.[2][3] The battle took place at the Chương Dương port (Modern-day Thường Tín District, Hanoi) on the Red River. Most of Yuan warships were burned and sunk while Sogetu was killed in battle.[4]

Battle of Chương Dương (1285)
Part of the Second Mongol–Vietnamese War
Date24 June 1285
Location
Chương Dương, Thường Tín District, Hanoi
20.871470°N 105.864399°E / 20.871470; 105.864399
Result Decisive Cham and Vietnamese victory
Belligerents
Champa
Đại Việt		 Yuan dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Prince Trần Quốc Tuấn
Trần Quang Khải[1]		 Sogetu  †

References
  1. Taylor 2013, p. 135.
  2. Lo 2012, p. 295.
  3. Anderson 2014, p. 127.
  4. Hà & Phạm 1972, p. 251.

Books
  • Anderson, James A. (2014), "Man and Mongols: the Dali and Đại Việt Kingdoms in the Face of the Northern Invasions", in Anderson, James A.; Whitmore, John K. (eds.), China's Encounters on the South and Southwest: Reforging the Fiery Frontier Over Two Millennia, United States: Brills, pp. 106–134, ISBN 978-9-004-28248-3
  • Hà, Văn Tấn; Phạm, Thị Tâm (1972). "III: Cuộc kháng chiến lần thứ nhất" [III: The First Resistance War]. Cuộc kháng chiến chống xâm lược Nguyên Mông thế kỉ XIII [The resistance against the Mongol invasion in the 13th century] (in Vietnamese). People's Army Publishing House.
  • Lo, Jung-pang (2012). Elleman, Bruce A. (ed.). China as a Sea Power, 1127-1368: A Preliminary Survey of the Maritime Expansion and Naval Exploits of the Chinese People During the Southern Song and Yuan Periods. Singapore: NUS Press.
  • Taylor, K.W. (2013), A History of the Vietnamese, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521699150
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