PARIS.
July 9. Intelligence has been received from Tunis reporting that the French fleet before Ssfax is still engaged in shelling the town. An attempt was made to-day to land a storming party under cover of the guns of the ships. The Arabs, however, who were in strong force, opened a heavy fire upon the boats, and tbe troops failed to effect a landing.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3132, 12 July 1881, Page 3
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