Bach Dang, Battle of
1288 CE
The Battle of Bach Dang, which takes place near Ha Long Bay in present-day Vietnam, as part of the Third Mongol Invasion (1287-88), is one of the greatest victories in Vietnamese history.
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Dai Viet's Grand Commander Tran Hung Dao, after evacuating the capital, Thăng Long (present-day Hanoi), lures the advancing Mongol fleet up the Bach Dang River in 1288, where the ships are torn apart by iron-tipped bamboo spikes driven into the river bottom so as to be concealed at high tide.
The allied Vietnamese-Cham forces capture some four hundred Mongol vessels, along with thousands of troops.
The Mongol ground forces retreat, only to be decisively defeated at Noi Bang pass.
The belligerents on both sides, economically and spiritually exhausted by the long war, conclude a peace: the rulers of Champa and Dai Viet acknowledge Kublai Khan’s suzerainty and the Mongols cease their invasions.