Why are 600 French soldiers buried in Taiwan? (六百法軍葬基隆?) 有中文字幕

Tucked away in a corner of Keelung is the city’s French cemetery, where 600 soldiers and officers lie buried far away from home.
But how did they end up here? Watch this video to find out!

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Books:
L'Expédition Française De Formose, Le Capitaine Garnot
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5Hs5AQAAIAAJ&pg=GBS.PA8&hl=en

The Island of Formosa Past and Present, James W Davidson P220-242
https://archive.org/details/islandofformosap00davi/page/220/mode/2up?view=theater

Other sources:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2001/11/15/111666
https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Keelung_Campaign#cite_ref-49
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/3481346

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