Early in 1776 Nguyễn Nhạc sent Nguyễn Lữ by sea against Gia Định, where Lord Nguyễn Phúc Thuần had taken refuge. Thuần fled to Bà Rịa; the Tây Sơn shipped the granaries and the goods of Cù lao Phố to Quy Nhơn, then withdrew as Nguyễn forces converged.
Conquest
Tây Sơn capture of Gia Định
- 1776
- Southeast Asia
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