Rigault de Genouilly's ships broke the forts along the Saigon river, and French marines stormed the citadel on 17 February while Filipino troops beat off a counterattack. Too few to hold it, the allies blew up the citadel and burned its granaries on 8 March.
Battle
Franco-Spanish capture of the Gia Định citadel
- 17 February 1859
- Southeast Asia