When the main Tây Sơn army went north, Nguyễn Phúc Ánh, sheltered by Pigneau de Béhaine on Pulo Panjang, rose from Long Xuyên, took Sa Đéc and with Đỗ Thanh Nhơn's Đông Sơn army drove the Tây Sơn out of Saigon.
Battle
Nguyễn Ánh retakes Saigon
- 1777
- Southeast Asia
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