Battle of the Day River

June 18, 1951

Result French Union victory

Vo Nguyen Giap's Viet Minh launched its first conventional offensive against French positions in the Red River delta around the Day River. French Union forces under de Lattre defeated it with heavy Viet Minh losses.

France

Viet Minh

Strength and losses

Wounded
289
Missing
189
Wounded
1,700
Captured
1,000
Missing
280