sentence: french zouave officer in tonkin , spring 1885 the fullest account of the action was given by paul sainmont , an officer in chef de bataillon mignot 's battalion of the 2nd zouave regiment , which had accompanied simon 's battalion to tonkin : today the 1st battalion , 1st zouave regiment was at grips with the soldiers of luu vinh phuc in the thanh may district near the village of bang huyen .