法軍登陸及撤退地 Landing and Withdrawal Site of French Army

  1884年10月8日上午，600名法軍和2個水雷兵分隊，搭乘登陸小艇，在法艦炮火的掩護下，於9點35分抵達沙崙海灘。法軍到達陸地後立即整隊，編組成5個中隊，9點55分開始向前推進，目標是佔領水雷營。不久，就與嚴陣以待的清軍展開一場激烈的戰鬥。
到接近中午時，法軍因傷兵後送以及左翼一度遭清軍切斷，於是開始撤退。從左方斜行開始，相互掩護，後撤至原登陸海灘，等待登陸小艇前來接運。然而清軍隨後追來，眼看即將被圍困在海灘上，所幸Vipére砲艇即時出現，以砲火壓制清軍攻勢，法軍才能順利登上登陸小艇，返回母船。但在慌忙中，一門旋迴砲不慎從一艘登陸小艇落入海中。（文：張建隆）

  On the morning of October 8, 1884, 600 French troops and two sapper detachments landed at Shalun Beach in small boats under covering fire from French warships. The French landed at 9:35 a.m. and immediately organized themselves into five companies to begin pushing forward at 9:55 a.m.. Their objective was the Sea Mine Camp. Fierce fighting soon broke out with entrenched Qing troops.

  The French began withdrawing around noon as the evacuation of the wounded and their left flank was cut off at one point by Qing troops. They began withdrawing in echelon from the left and staged a fighting withdraw back to the beach they landed at to wait for the boats. The Qing troops closed in however and threatened to trap them on the beach. Fortunately for the French, the gunboat Vipére arrived in time to blunt the Qing attacks with cannon-fire and they were able to get back into their boats and return to the ships. In the confusion, a Hotchkiss canon-revolver on a boat fell overboard. (Text: Chang Jian-long)