 On 8 October "Bayard"s landing company took part in the failed French landing at Tamsui, which condemned the Formosa expeditionary corps to a prolonged Keelung Campaign.From November 1884 to January 1885 "Bayard" took part in the French naval blockade of Formosa.On 14 November 1884, while anchored off Keelung and exposed to the northeast monsoon, she nearly foundered when her anchor chain snapped during a gale.