Forces led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyễn_Trung_Trực" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nguyễn Trung Trực">Nguyễn Trung Trực</a>, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" id="mwZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, sink the French <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorcha_(boat)" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lorcha (boat)">lorcha</a> <i id="mwZw">L'Esperance</i>.