Towards the end of November of 1946... when the admiral commanding the French fleet... in the Bay ofTonkin... in his words, decided to teach the Vietnamese government a hard lesson... the fleet stood off of Haiphong and shelled the city... until between 6,000 and 10,000 were killed.
Aló a finais de novembro de 1946 cando o almirante que mandaba a frota francesa na baía de Tonkín segundo as súas palabras, lle quixo dar ao goberno vietnamita unha lección, parou a frota fronte a Haiphong e bombardeou a cidade asasinando entre 6000 e 10000 persoas.