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Having been kicked out of India by the British in 1815 and in the throes of losing the Franco-Prussian War, France was desperately seeking to establish new trade routes with the Far East and a means of reinvigorating its military.

Around the same time, conflict in Indochina had weakened its kingdoms,

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