THE WAR IN TONQUIN.
[Received Sept. 15, 12.39 p.m.] Hostilities Resumed. Hong Kong, Sept. 14. News has been received that hostilities have been resumed between the French troops and the Anamite force, known as the “ Blackflags.’' The accounts to hand state that fighting, lasting for fully eight hours, recently took place at Ptioukai, The engagement was a very severe one, and resulted in a loss of 52 to the French. The “ Blackflags ” are reported to have lost fully 500 men. The latest intelligence from Canton states that the Europeans in that city are very uneasy in consequence of the violent anti-foreign placards which have been extensively posted there.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1049, 15 September 1883, Page 2
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108THE WAR IN TONQUIN. Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1049, 15 September 1883, Page 2
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