Haw wars
| Haw Wars | |||||||
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Siamese army during Haw wars in 1875 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Haw rebels (Red flag and Striped flag bands) |
Co-belligerents: France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Đèo Văn Trị (minor commander) Unknown |
Chulalongkorn Surasakmontri Oun Kham Auguste Pavie | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| The exact number is unknown | 20000-40000 | ||||||
The Haw Wars (Thai: สงครามปราบฮ่อ) were triggered by southern Chinese paramilitary refugee gangs invading parts of Northern Thailand, Laos and Tonkin from 1865–1890. Forces invading Lao domains were ill-disciplined and freely demolished Buddhist temples. Not knowing these were remnants of secret societies, the invaders were wrongly called Haw (Lao: ຫໍ້; Thai: ฮ่อ; Chinese: Hao). Forces sent by King Rama V successfully fought the various groups, the last of which eventually disbanded in 1890.