Franco-Siamese Conflict

Following the Franco-Siamese Conflict of 1893, Luang Prabang and the rest of Laos were transferred by treaty from Siam to France.

…and helped bring about the Franco-Siamese Conflict of 1893. Arguing that the Lao states intermittently had been vassals of Vietnam (though much longer dominated by Siam) and that France by taking control of Vietnam now succeeded to Vietnam’s rights in Laos, Pavie justified military movements into the Lao states, thus…