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Duchesne's offensive had been launched in the very nick of time.Garnot, 168–9; Poyen-Bellisle, 88 The capture of La Table and Fort Bamboo, although it had been bought at a heavy cost, was a remarkable victory for the French. Duchesne's men had been asked to make an arduous approach march of more than 100 kilometres through unfamiliar countryside and then to fight two major battles in the confusing, heavily wooded, mountainous terrain to the south of Keelung. This spectacular feat of arms, perhaps the most impressive French professional triumph of the Sino-French War, was overshadowed at the time by the news of the relief of the Siege of Tuyên Quang on 3 March 1885, and remains largely unknown to this day in France.
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Although he ultimately failed to capture the French post, Tang's intelligent and methodical conduct of the Siege of Tuyên Quang was praised by many of his Chinese colleagues, including Zhang Zhidong, the Viceroy of Liangguang, and Cen Yuying (), the Viceroy of Yun-Gui.Lung Chang, 331 Captain Jean-François- Alphonse Lecomte, one of the more discerning officers of the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps, also paid tribute to the skill T'ang's army had shown in its siegecraft at Tuyên Quang: > The mandarins had directed the attack on Tuyen Quang in a very intelligent > manner. Owing to the Moslem insurrection in Yunnan, an insurrection that had > nearly engulfed the entire province and was only put down by Marshal Ma > after several sieges, they were now experts in the art of siegecraft. Their > troops were excellent, and although they were unable to capture the > fortress, defended as it was by a handful of heroes and relieved in the very > nick of time by Giovanninelli's brigade, this siege was nonetheless a > glorious feat of arms for the Celestials and showed that when necessary they > could rise to the occasion.
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The siege also reflected credit on Tang Jingsong's generalship and the professional skills of the Yunnan Army. The Yunnan Army contained a large number of officers and men who had learned the art of siege warfare under Marshal Ma Rulong (Ma Ju-lung, 馬如龍), who crushed a Moslem insurrection in Yunnan in the early 1870s. Captain Jean-François-Alphonse Lecomte, one of the more discerning officers of the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps, paid tribute to the skill the Yunnan Army had shown in its siegecraft at Tuyen Quang: > The mandarins had directed the attack on Tuyen Quang in a very intelligent > manner. Owing to the Moslem insurrection in Yunnan, an insurrection that had > nearly engulfed the entire province and was only put down by Marshal Ma > after several sieges, they were now experts in the art of siegecraft. Their > troops were excellent, and although they were unable to capture the > fortress, defended as it was by a handful of heroes and relieved in the very > nick of time by Giovanninelli’s brigade, this siege was nonetheless a > glorious feat of arms for the Celestials and showed that when necessary they > could rise to the occasion.
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