In the tenth year of the Guangxu reign (1884), the French commander led his Far Eastern Fleet into a ferocious battle at Keelung. After a prolonged engagement, the Qing dynasty forces 'intensive counterattack forced the French to shift their assault to Tanshui, where they succeeded in completely destroying the three cannons deployed at the mouth of the river.
光緒十年（西元一八八四年），法軍元帥孤拔率領遠東艦隊猛烈轟擊基隆，清軍奮力還擊，久戰不支的法軍轉而進攻淡水，淡水河口的三座砲台全毀。