Newsman James Davidson accused one military leader during this conflict of planning to steal treasure from a city, which caused the city's residents to drag the commander out of his chair by his hair and beat the shit out of 
Newsman James Davidson accused one military leader during this conflict of planning to steal treasure from a city, which caused the city's residents to drag the commander out of his chair by his hair and beat the shit out of him. During this conflict, the cruiser Volta threatened to attack one city if they did not give it coal. Robert Hart helped draft the agreement that ended this war. The city of Keelung was target of naval bombardment in one of this war's campaigns. During a river battle near the start of this war, one side's flagship, the Yangwu, was destroyed by spar torpedo. This war was preceded by one side's war with the Black Flag Army. It's not an Opium War, but this war was concluded with the Treaty of Tianjin. A few months before this war began in earnest, the two sides clashed at Bac Le. This war ended with one side taking control of Tonkin. For 10 points, name this clash between the historical and colonial foreign rulers of Vietnam.
Newsman James Davidson accused one military leader during this conflict of planning to steal treasure from a city, which caused the city's residents to drag the commander out of his chair by his hair and beat the shit out of him.
{Sino-French} War [accept anything indicating a war between France and China]